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A basic property of an experimental unit whose value cannot be changed by the experimenter. For example, the experimenter can vary the amount of fertilizer in an experiment, but cannot change the composition of the soil in a field. See also acceptance sampling.

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A characteristic, such as a color, product type, or name, that can be used to group data with similarities.
See attribute sampling.
Also, in word processing programs, a font characteristic such as size, color, bold, italic, all caps, superscript, and the like.

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verb

To regard as belonging to or resulting from another: accredit, ascribe, assign, charge, credit, impute, lay, refer. See give/take/reciprocity.

noun

1. A distinctive element: character, characteristic, feature, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, savor, trait. See be.
2. An object associated with and serving to identify something else: emblem, symbol. See substitute.

Object expressing the authority or character of a personage (mythical or otherwise) or a deity, used to suggest the use of a building. A lyre represents Apollo, a dove Venus, a grid-iron St Lawrence, a flaying-knife St Bartholomew, and a trident Neptune. Thus lyres are found on concert-halls and tridents on buildings associated with marine affairs.

[Ge]

A minimal characteristic of an artefact such that it cannot be further subdivided; attributes commonly studied include aspects of form, style, decoration, colour, and raw material.

IN BRIEF: A quality proper to a particular person or thing.

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. — Charles Darwin

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The perceived characteristic of a food product. See Attribute Tests, Sensory Analysis, Duo-Trio Test, Paired Comparison Test.

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Emanating from or pertaining to attribute.

• a. proportion — see attributable risk (below).
• a. risk — a measure of the proportion of the total risk which can be attributed to the risk factor which is under consideration. Called also attributable proportion.

For a list of words related to attribute, see:

• Reasoning and Informing - attribute: assign cause, characteristic, or origin to
• Reasoning and Examination - attribute: regard as based on or having specific meaning

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See words rhyming with "attribute."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Attribute.

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Common misspelling(s) of attribute

• atribute

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tillægge, tilskrive
n. - attribut, kvalitet, symbol

Nederlands (Dutch)
toeschrijven aan, toekennen, attribuut, kenmerk, bijvoeglijke bepaling

Français (French)
v. tr. - attribuer qch à qn, prêter, attribuer à qn, imputer à qn
n. - attribut, (Ling) épithète

Deutsch (German)
v. - zuschreiben, zurückführen
n. - Attribut, Merkmal

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποδίδω, προσδίδω, καταλογίζω
n. - ιδιότητα, γνώρισμα, χαρακτηριστικό, (γραμμ.) κατηγόρημα, επιθετικός προσδιορισμός

Italiano (Italian)
attributo

idioms:

• attribute to    attribuire a

Português (Portuguese)
v. - atribuir, imputar, referir-se a
n. - atributo (m) (Gram.), qualidade (f), característica (f)

idioms:

• attribute to    atribuir a

Русский (Russian)
отличительная черта, свойство, определение, атрибутивный

idioms:

• attribute to    приписывать кому-либо, чему-либо

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - atribuir
n. - atributo, complemento atributivo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tillskriva, tillerkänna
n. - attribut, kännetecken

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
归于, 属于, 属性, 标志, 象征, 特质, 特性, 定语

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 歸於, 屬於
n. - 屬性, 標誌, 象徵, 特質, 特性, 定語

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 의 탓으로 돌리다, 가 있다고 생각하다, 을 작품으로 간주하다
n. - 속성, 부속물, 한정사

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 属性, 特性, 特質, 象徴
v. - 帰する, 属性とみなす, 作であると考える

idioms:

• attribute to    ～に起因する, ～に属する, ～作だとする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينسب الى, صفه مميزه (الاسم) رمز, خاصيه, نعت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ייחס ל-, זקף ל-, חשב לאופייני ל-‬
n. - ‮תכונה, סמל, תו-אופי, סגולה, חפץ המהווה סמל למעמד או למשרה‬

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