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Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable. Errors . . . attributable to carelessness. J. D. Hooker.

Capable of being ascribed; attributable.

That may be imputed; capable of being imputed; chargeable; ascribable; attributable; referable. A prince whose political vices, at least, were imputable to mental incapacity. Prescott.

Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.

nsversely, and the various phenomena of refraction, polarization, interference, etc., are attributable to the different affections of these undulations in different circumstances of propagation. It is computed that the frequency of the undulations corresponding to the several colors of the spectrum ranges from 458 mill…