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
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
When the Adjective is Attributive, it regularly agrees in gender with the nearest noun; as,— rēs operae multae ac labōris, a matter of much effort and labor.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
When the Adjective is Attributive, it regularly agrees in number with the nearest noun; as,— pater tuus et māter, your father and mother; eadem alacritās et studium, the same eagerness and zeal.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
