| 释义 |
cau·sal·i·ty
\kȯˈza ləd.ē, -ətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: French causalité, from Middle French, from causal (from Late Latin causalis) + -ité -ity
1. : a causal quality or agency
< the causality of the divine mind — William Whewell >
2. : the relation of cause and effect or between certain regularly correlated events or phenomena: as
a. : a necessary connection or intrinsic bond embedded in the very nature of things
b. : the regular sequence of events that the mind connects from habit, innate disposition, or experience or that it correlates on the basis of scientifically elaborated theories |