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Definition of Characteristics

1. characteristic [n] - See also: characteristic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Characteristics

Literary usage of Characteristics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactionsby European Orthodontic Society, Ossianic Society, North of England Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society, University of Glasgow Oriental Society, Wentworth Historical Society, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Homoeopathic Medical by European Orthodontic Society, Ossianic Society, North of England Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society, University of Glasgow Oriental Society, Wentworth Historical Society, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Homoeopathic Medical Society of t (1869)
"360 1939 characteristics of a Buried Bare Wire, Surge. ... Marshall 1519-24 1947 characteristics, A Simple Method for the Determination of ..."

2. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1911)
"The treatment naturally falls under two headings, A—Mechanical characteristics, and B—Electric characteristics. Summaries of the working symbols and ..."

3. The Contemporary Review (1867)
"Thus we ascertain the most important characteristics of mankind, and in a like way we can discover the most important characteristics of man as an ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"Lost characteristics. to determine its exact course. ... The loss of characteristics is not so readily observed by a student of the biology of existing ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"As physiological characteristics are transmissible in the same way as morphological, we may think of any individual as being made up of such functional ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"EDMUND B. WILSON THE STRUCTURAL characteristics ... Their chief characteristics of ordinal value may be given as follows: Order ..."

7. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1875)
"characteristics OF HISTORIANS IN DEMOCRATIC AGES. ... Historians who live in democratic ages exhibit precisely opposite characteristics. ..."

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