characteristic feature
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characteristic
adjective
uk/ˌkær.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/us/ˌker.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/
typical of a person ...
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feature
noun
uk/ˈfiː.tʃər/us/ˈfiː.tʃɚ/
a typical quality or an important part ...
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(Definition ofcharacteristicandfeaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Acharacteristicfeatureof parallel access to words is the relative independence of reading time from word length.
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Thecharacteristicfeatureof the intra-familial system of mutual aid is the preponderance of donating pensioner families over receiving pensioner families.
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Acharacteristicfeatureis that these fields are connected with limestone massifs.
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This widespread association suggests that bimodal mafic-ultramafic magmatism may be acharacteristicfeaturein rift environments.
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Acharacteristicfeatureof synaptically connected neuronal circuits is their ability to be modulated.
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The tendency of close, like-sign vorticity patches to merge is anothercharacteristicfeatureof finite-core vortices.
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From this table one can see that an increase in hot electron temperature is thecharacteristicfeatureonly of crystalline targets.
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Direct cell-to-cell communication through specialized intercellular channels is acharacteristicfeatureof virtually all multi-cellular organisms.
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The translator also omits any reference to the letter's formal dating-clause, acharacteristicfeatureof papal correspondence.
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Acharacteristicfeatureof the above models is that they rely on a cellular discretization of the problem.
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Thus, onecharacteristicfeatureof the peer play that emerges in the second year of life is its fundamentally cooperative nature.
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Of course, this is not acharacteristicfeatureof this society alone.
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A symmetric focusing is acharacteristicfeatureof these discharge channels.
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The mostcharacteristicfeatureof the action of an intense, normally incident electromagnetic pulse onto ultrahigh-density plasma consists in a "well-digging" effect.
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Onecharacteristicfeatureof aphid life-cycles is cyclical parthenogenesis.
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This problem can be seen independently of the loop merging problem; it has its owncharacteristicfeature.
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Overstability is acharacteristicfeatureof double-diffusive convection.
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The latter, in turn, is thecharacteristicfeatureof the flow transition to the turbulent state and its self maintenance.
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