(v. t.) To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to).
(n.) That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.
(n.) Reputation.
(n.) A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
(n.) Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.
Example Sentences:
(1) We attribute this in part to early diagnosis by computed tomography (CT), but a contributory factor may be earlier referrals from country centres to a paediatric trauma centre and rapid transfer, by air or road, by medical retrieval teams.
(2) Inhibition of thymidine uptake is attributed to an observed decrease in thymidine kinase activity caused by growth in 1 mM dibutyryl cyclic AMP, and possibly to a simultaneous alteration in membrane permeability.
(3) There were no deaths attributable to the treatment.
(4) Most of the infection was attributed to T. parva parva by application of field ticks to susceptible cattle.
(5) Our study suggests that a major part of the renal antimineralocorticoid activity of spironolactone may be attributable to minor sulfur-containing metabolites or their precursors having a high renal clearance that affords access to their site of activity via the renal tubular fluid.
(6) In vitro studies in cardiac Purkinje fibers suggested that reversal of amitriptyline-induced cardiac membrane effects by sodium bicarbonate may be attributed not only to alkalinization but also to increased in extracellular sodium concentration, diminishing the local anesthetic action of amitriptyline and resulting in less sodium channel block.
(7) Relative to the perceived severity of their asthma, both Maoris and Pacific Islanders lost more time from work or school and used hospital services more than European asthmatics using A & E. The increased use of A & E by Maori and Pacific Island asthmatics seemed not attributable to the intrinsic severity of their asthma and was better explained by ethnic, socioeconomic and sociocultural factors.
(8) Most survivors reported a range of problems that they attributed to having had cancer: 35%, proven or perceived infertility; 24%, sexual problems; 31%, health and life insurance problems; 26%, a negative socioeconomic effect; and 51%, conditioned nausea, associated with visual or olfactory reminders of chemotherapy.
(9) Their best evaluations were in medical care, personal attributes and communication.
(10) Many of the pathophysiologic effects of bacterial endotoxin have recently been attributed to a monokine, tumor necrosis factor (TNF).
(11) Results of this sort are reminiscent of several related findings that have been attributed to auditory adaptation or enhancement, or to a temporally developing critical-band filter.
(12) In Study 4, attributional biases and deficits were found to be positively correlated with the rate of reactive aggression (but not proactive aggression) displayed in free play with peers (N = 127).
(13) The prevalence of kola nut chewing and the effects attributed to it are briefly reviewed.
(14) The following results were obtained: 1) In normal subjects, the changes in ABR waveforms according to the changes of the rise-time, interstimulus interval and frequency of the stimulus were mainly attributed to component wave C. 2) In patients with central disorders, component wave C were initially affected.
(15) The decrease in cyclic AMP response to TSH induced to TSH was reversible, was not associated with a similar decrease to cyclic AMP response to PGE1, and could not be attributed to increased phosphodiesterase activity or to decreased adenyl cyclase activity.
(16) Line broadening detected in several of the high-field nuclear magnetic resonance spectra was attributed to cis-trans isomerization.
(17) We attribute the greater strength of the step-cut repair to the additional number of epitendinous loops, which lie perpendicular to the long axis of the tendon.
(18) Cardiac bradyarrhythmias in hypoxia have been attributed to an increased formation and release of adenosine.
(19) Those small problems which exist can be attributed to detector sampling problems, especially in the axial direction, which is a consequence of the geometry of these scanners, which are designed primarily for 2D data acquisition.
(20) These properties of the tissue culture-derived scrapie agent were identical to those of brain-derived scrapie agent and thus cannot be attributed to secondary effects of tissue pathology, since the infected cell cultures show no cytopathic effects as a result of infection.
Serpentine
Definition:
(a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid.
(n.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color.
(n.) A kind of ancient cannon.
(v. i.) To serpentize.
Example Sentences:
(1) Non-occupational exposure of the population living in the vicinity of the serpentine mining and processing mill in Nasławice was assessed.
(2) In October 2013, for a group exhibition at London’s Serpentine Gallery , they published a report called Youth Mode: A Report on Freedom , one chapter of which was entitled “Normcore”.
(3) The rock consists essentially of the fibrous serpentine mineral chrysotile (asbestos) and platy serpentines.
(4) The Serpentine's Poetry Marathon talks last year gave us 47 men and 18 women, as did its Manifesto Marathon the previous year.
(5) A few details of their plans have been revealed including the indication of it being the Serpentine's lowest pavilion ever, with the roof barely 1.5 metres (5ft) off the ground.
(6) Serpentine vessels were well seen as flow voids against high signal cyst or tumor on T2-weighted images, but contrast-enhanced CT also demonstrated them.
(7) A Swiss, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, is the co-director of the Serpentine Gallery.
(8) We present a case of cerebral giant serpentine aneurysm (GSA) and propose a definition of GSA.
(9) This giant serpentine aneurysm is a rather rare disease.
(10) In 10 years, only one solo woman architect, Zaha Hadid, has sketched the Serpentine's garden tent.
(11) Multiple extremely low-intensity serpentine "flow void" signs, indicating afferent and efferent vessels, were observed within or around the tumor.
(12) But later came work as diverse as The Maybe (1995) featuring the actor Tilda Swinton lying in a glass vitrine in the Serpentine Gallery, in London; a melted silver dollar drawn into wire so thin it was as long as the Empire State Building is tall; the wrapping of Rodin's The Kiss in a mile of string; and a 40-minute video of Parker interviewing Noam Chomsky.
(13) Angiograms in each case revealed a distinctive serpentine vascular channel surrounded by an avascular area causing a "mass effect."
(14) Environmental factors: The drinking-water pool in northern California is contaminated with asbestos of the serpentine type, which is associated with mesothelioma of the peritoneum and carcinoma of the lung, gallbladder, and pancreas.
(15) A simple and effective method of temporary tarsorrhaphy, which is referred to as intermarginal serpentine temporary tarsorrhaphy, is presented.
(16) Two cases of serpentine supravenous hyperpigmentation developing in the area of fotemustine infusions are reported.
(17) In some macaque species, transcervical aspiration of the uterine contents carries a significant risk of disturbing the cervical milieu due to the serpentine nature of the cervix.
(18) Overseas, he designed the United Nations secretariat in New York, the Communist party headquarters in Paris and Serpentine gallery summer pavilion in Hyde Park, London.
(19) Turn another, and you gaze on the royal park with the glories of the Serpentine.
(20) That led to a commission from the Serpentine Gallery, and performances in Paris and Moscow.