Caus"al*ly (?), adv. According to the order or series of causes; by tracing effects to causes.
Caus"al*ly (?), n. (Mining.) The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing.
Cau*sa"tion (?), n. 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.
Cau*sa"tion*ist, n. One who believes in the law of universal causation.
Caus"a*tive (?), a. [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.