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