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[ adjective ] (usually followed by `to') able to be assigned or credited to
Synonyms Examples "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading" "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain" "the oversight was not imputable to him" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)With Mickey_Mantle and Yogi_Berra both out_of_action due_to injuries , the American_League champs still mounted a 15 - hit attack against a parade of eight Cincinnati pitchers , the most ever used by one team in a series game . (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)Because he interprets the primitive state of man as one of mere potentiality or capacity and believes that Adam and Eve were created as children , Irenaeus often seems inclined to extenuate their disobedience as being `` due , no_doubt , to carelessness , but still wicked '' . (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)The infrared_emission could then be assumed to originate at the surface of the moon , while the radio_emission originates at some depth beneath the surface , where the temperature variation due_to solar_radiation is reduced in amplitude and shifted in phase . (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)We found no obvious effects due_to preferred orientation of the crystallites in this sample nor would we expect to on the basis of the shape found from electron_microscopic examination . One sample , which had been exposed to the atmosphere after evacuation at 375 ` C , showed the presence of adsorbed water ( about 0.3 wt % ) as evidenced by a weak resonance line which was very narrow at room_temperature and which disappeared , due_to broadening , at low_temperature . Related terms |
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