Attribution

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Attribution \At`tri*bu"tion\, n. [L. attributio: cf. F.
     attribution.]
     1. The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality,
        character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to
        a cause.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. That which is ascribed or attributed.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  attribution
       n 1: assigning some quality or character to a person or thing;
            "the attribution of language to birds"; "the ascription
            to me of honors I had not earned" [syn: {ascription}]
       2: assigning to a cause or source; "the attribution of lighting
          to an expression of God's wrath"; "he questioned the
          attribution of the painting to Picasso" [syn: {ascription}]