attributive
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Attributive science — which is used to measure the direct impact of specific severe weather events — also made significant headway thanks to improved data sets and better technology.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2022
Mr. Fowler's words Subject and Attributive express practically the same distinction, except that Attributive is of narrower extent than syncategorematic.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
An Attributive Adjective is one that limits its subject directly; as,— vir sapiēns, a wise man.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
There are certain technical names applied to the components of many-worded general names, Categorematic and Syncategorematic, Subject and Attributive.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
Hence some logicians make a separate class for adjectives, as being the names neither of things nor of qualities, and describe them as Attributive terms.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
