Noun

{{examples-right, sense=biology: part of scientific name of plants, fungi and bacteria, examples=*In Cannabis sativa'' the word ''sativa is a specific epithet . * In Festuca ovina'' subsp. ''guestphalica'' the word ''guestphalica is an infraspecific epithet .}} (en noun)

A term used to characterize a person or thing.

A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.

An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.

* {{quote-book, year=2006, title=The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity?, author=Eric L. Goldstein

, passage=Part of this process was the elaboration of new terms for the Jew, especially the increasingly popular epithet “kike”.}}

(biology) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.

Noun

(en noun)

A characteristic or quality of a thing.

His finest attribute is his kindness.

(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.

In the clause "My jacket is more expensive than yours", "My" is the attribute of "jacket".

(computing) The applicable option selection; a variable or a value.

This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero.

(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.

(computing, programming) A semantic item with which a method, etc. may be decorated.

There are some more implementations which use C

attribute s to define custom attributes specific to the AOP engine. Then the classes that need to be intercepted will be decorated with these custom attributes.