New Entries/Amendments for 2009-02-03

These are the submissions received via the WWW forms for this day. I (Jim Breen) will annotate the submission if I think it needs to be amended or rejected or if I have a question about it. Otherwise it can be assumed that it has been accepted. You can see how it will look in EDICT by looking at the "diffs" file for this day or the next in the diffs directory.
Annotations completed: 3 Feb.
Current Entry投げ遣り [なげやり] /(adj-na,n) negligence/carelessness/ (1692750)
Headword 1投げ遣り
Headword 2投げやり
Reading 1なげやり
Part-of-speechadj-na,n
English 1negligent
English 2careless
English 3sloppy
Other language optioneng
Namescott
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment Tidied this one up a bit.


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Current Entry投げやりに [なげやりに] /(adv) casually/slapdash/in a slipshod manner/WI1/
Headword 1投げやりに
Headword 2投げ遣りに
Reading 1なげやりに
Part-of-speechadv
English 1casually
English 2carelessly
English 3slapdash
English 4in a slipshod manner
Other language optioneng
Namescott
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment Is this needed? It's a regular adverb formation.

Headword 1直線性
Reading 1ちょくせんせい
Part-of-speechn
English 1linearity
ReferenceALC:

# 直線性
linearity
# 直線性の仮定
linearity assumption
# 直線性測定
linearity measurement
# 直線性補正
linearity correction
# 直線性補正回路
linearity correction circuit
# 直線性試験
linearity testing
# 直線性誤差
linearity error
# 直線性頭蓋骨局部切除術
linear craniectomy
# 位相直線性
phase linearity
# 低直線性
low linearity
(etc.)
NameFritz
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry低価 [ていか] /(n) low price/ (1434260)
Headword 1低価率
Reading 1ていか
Part-of-speechn
English 1devaluation rate
Other language optioneng
NameCHAN Keng Mun
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment Only 5 real Googits. Isn't it "price reduction rate".


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Current Entry約因 [やくいん] /(?) ???/RH/
Headword 1約因
Reading 1やくいん
Part-of-speechn
English 1consideration
English 2formal legal exchange of property/money to effect a contract
ReferenceOther dictionaries on this site.
Other language optioneng
NameJim Baldwin
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment