specific characteristic

collocation in English

meaningsofspecificandcharacteristic

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specific
adjective
uk
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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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 ofspecificandcharacteristicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These results suggest that a pattern of low cortisol reactivity during stress is aspecificcharacteristicof early-onset antisocial patients.
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If no data are available for aspecificcharacteristic, the area where the information would be displayed is left blank.
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One may be interested in isolating one point whose trajectory has somespecificcharacteristic.
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However, by examining the prices paid for different bundles of characteristics, it is possible to estimate the value attached to aspecificcharacteristic.
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Lifespan tends to be a veryspecificcharacteristicof a given species and it is reasonable to assume major genetic control of this.
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And a figurative artist's idea has onespecificcharacteristic: the idea cannot be cloned, to use the latest jargon.
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Globalisation has thespecificcharacteristicthat it is not born, as some would have us believe, out of a political decision made hidden away in some dark corner.
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Aspecificcharacteristicof the market and of competition clearly exists, aspecificcharacteristic relating to content, to creation and which also relates to publishing in particular.
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The paintings express an abstract meaning with no real reference to anyspecificcharacteristicof their homes.
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Aspecificcharacteristicpattern of symptoms has not been identified, and there are several hypotheses about the causality of these associations.
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We select aspecificcharacteristicbecause a correlation exists between it and how the system is performing.
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In this is found thespecificcharacteristicof positive law, hence of all law, that it regulates its own creation.
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Aspecificcharacteristicof the gutters is the "heart" of the printing sheet, where all four panes are connected.
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Each type of transmission line has aspecificcharacteristicimpedance.
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Aspecificcharacteristicof lumbar facet joint syndrome is that it is difficult to localize, and the pain often radiates into the leg.
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Here we have tried to point out how specific characteristics of the user population must be considered.
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