WordNet
causal factor
n. a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life" [syn: determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor]
Usage examples of "causal factor".
The causal factor of these phenomena, which have been moving steadily from the center toward the perimeter, does not lie in Treakhill at all, but has shifted westward to the towns of Tunbridge Wells, Engender, and Dipper.
The crowd had diminished by a good third or more, but it seemed more a result than a causal factor.
He knew there had to be a causal factor, and clearly Baptiste did, too.