basic characteristic
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbasicandcharacteristic
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basic
adjective
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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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 ofbasicandcharacteristicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Itsbasiccharacteristiclies in the support it has to offer for "evaluation" activities.
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That they are colourful, inventive, unusual or provocative does not detract from thisbasiccharacteristic.
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Thebasiccharacteristicof this implementation is the use of bit-vector representation of the problem's space solution which is then mapped to a unique real solution of the physical problem.
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Register variation is abasiccharacteristicof language use in all speech communities.
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That is not thebasiccharacteristicof the force.
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Thebasiccharacteristicof the force is that its members are volunteers.
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It is abasiccharacteristicof human beings that they will eventually home in on others who are different from themselves.
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It is easy to pick a few examples of mismanagment in local government, but to claim that that is abasiccharacteristicof local government is a gross slander.
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Criminal law is - viewed historically - abasiccharacteristicof the sovereignty of a state.
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Thebasiccharacteristicof this sector is the production of services instead of end products.
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Basiccharacteristicof this period is the adherence to tradition.
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All share abasiccharacteristic.
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There are, therefore, an infinitely possible number of appearances within a finite set of basic characteristics.
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The basic characteristics of these plasmas in the investigation are the number densities of their constituents and the transport coefficients.
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Other basic characteristics of the step are the same as in the previous example.
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Thebasiccharacteristicis the rocky limestone relief in various karst forms (sinks, caves, sinkholes, karst fields, etc.), as well as deeply cut valleys with occasional torrents flows.
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There are nearly eighty styles of masks, but theirbasiccharacteristicis great boldness in the use of geometric shapes, independent of the various animals they are supposed to represent.
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