causality

noun
/kɔːˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/UK/kɔˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/US/kɑˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/

Etymology

From Latin as if *causalitas, from causalis (“causal”), from causa (“cause”). By surface analysis, causal + -ity = cause + -ality.

  1. derived from causāre
  2. derived from causer
  3. inherited from causen
  4. derived from *kaussā
  5. derived from causa
  6. derived from cause
  7. inherited from cause
  8. suffixed as causality — “cause + ality

Definitions

  1. The agency of a cause

    The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.

  2. The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it

    The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship.

    • But how do transformations like the evolution of language take place? A scientist looks for a cause inside time; a mystic knows that causality is essentially a process that is outside time-space.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at causality. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01causality02power03coerce04intimidation05timid06courage07intimidated08subjected09subject10liable

A definitional loop anchored at causality. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at causality

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA