main characteristic
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmainandcharacteristic
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main
adjective[before noun]
uk/meɪn/us/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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characteristic
noun[C]
uk/ˌkær.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/us/ˌker.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/
a typical or noticeable quality of someone ...
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(Definition ofmainandcharacteristicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Themaincharacteristicof this style was an almost obsessive concern for the minutiae of all areas of government.
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Spatial distinction, in effect, constitutes themaincharacteristicof the ' holy'.
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Themaincharacteristicof memory-based models is storing the instances and delaying processing to the prediction phase.
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It is more effective at function words like indeed than at words whosemaincharacteristicis (for example) markedness, like lousy.
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On the othermaincharacteristicof the enforcement mechanism - criminal as opposed to civil or administrative law - there is no evidence of any disagreement.
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Amaincharacteristicof this type of dwelling is that it has only one open side facing the exterior.
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In the case of the posture that has a certainmaincharacteristic, the primary task in its stabilization is to preserve it.
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For all the postures having the samemaincharacteristicthey are said to belong to the same type.
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Themaincharacteristicof these speakers, when compared to the others, is that in both corpora they have more anterior locations for the stops.
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Themaincharacteristicof a human expert is his ability to perform tasks at an exceptional level of performance, in a specialized domain.
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Moreover, themaincharacteristicof demarcations by such organisations is their overstatement of their case.
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Themaincharacteristicof the proposed approach is the improved robustness of the localization procedure with respect to uncertainties on the environment map.
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Reduced to very little, the plot'smaincharacteristiclies in its repetitiveness.
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Themaincharacteristicof a reified temporal logic is that propositions are turned into terms that can be named, and to which predicates can be applied.
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The hominids split from the line leading to modern chimpanzees and bonobos around six million years ago, and themaincharacteristicdistinguishing them was a bipedal posture.
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Themaincharacteristicof logarithmic assemblies is that there exist constants > 0 and 0 > 0 such that mi i0 /(i - 1)!
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Themaincharacteristicof and driving force behind these unscrupulous minority groups is the imposing of their ideas and power through violence and fear.
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Today we are in the midst of the post-industrial revolution, of which themaincharacteristicis probably the deconstruction of the past.
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Themaincharacteristicof naval action is the extreme slowness, if also the ultimate certainty, with which it operates.
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Itsmaincharacteristicis its sustained and uninterrupted broadcasting of major sporting events.
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