imputation
nounUS /ˌɪm.pjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From Middle French imputation, from Latin imputatio.
8 senses
- 1The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
- 2That which has been imputed or charged.
- 3Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
- 4A setting of something to the account of; the…
- 5Opinion; intimation; hint.
- 6The process of replacing missing data with substituted values.
- 7The statistical inference of unobserved genotypes.
- 8A distribution that is efficient and individually rational.
1
The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
2
That which has been imputed or charged.
- "If nothing is found you withdraw all imputation against this gentleman?" demanded the Inspector of the girl.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
3
Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
4
Lifestyle, Religion, Theology A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.
- the imputation of the sin of Adam
- the imputation of the righteousness of Christ
1 more example
- So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […]1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 84, column 2:
5
Opinion; intimation; hint.
- All the legends of the past, and all the stupefying imputations of Henry Akeley’s letters and exhibits, welled up in my memory to heighten the atmosphere of tension and growing menace.1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 6:
6
Mathematics, Sciences, Statistics The process of replacing missing data with substituted values.
8
Computing, Engineering, Game theory, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A distribution that is efficient and individually rational.
- Derived terms
- geo-imputation, misimputation, nonimputation, overimputation, postimputation
- Related terms
- imputability, imputable, imputableness, imputably, imputational, impute, reimputation