CAUSALLY
Caus"al*ly, adv.
Defn: According to the order or series of causes; by tracing effects to causes.
CAUSALLY
Caus"al*ly, n. (Mining.)
Defn: The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing.
CAUSATION
Cau*sa"tion, n.
Defn: The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced. The kind of causation by which vision is produced. Whewell. Law of universal causation, the theoretical or asserted law that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being present, the other is certain to take place.
CAUSATIONIST
Cau*sa"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who believes in the law of universal causation.
CAUSATIVE Caus"a*tive, a. Etym: [L. causativus pertaining to a lawsuit (causa), but in the English sense from E. cause.]
1. Effective, as a cause or agent; causing. Causative in nature of a number of effects. Bacon.