essential characteristic
collocation in Englishmeaningsofessentialandcharacteristic
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withcharacteristic.
essential
adjective
uk/ɪˈsen.ʃəl/us/ɪˈsen.ʃəl/
necessary ...
See more atessential
characteristic
noun[C]
uk/ˌkær.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/us/ˌker.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/
a typical or noticeable quality of someone ...
See more atcharacteristic
(Definition ofessentialandcharacteristicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofessential characteristic
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Team production is anessentialcharacteristicof the production process and organizations and at the same time gives it the characteristics of a complex system.
From theCambridge English Corpus
She takes modality rather than implicit arguments to be anessentialcharacteristicof middles.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Eberhard does not provide an explanation of the meanings of the terms "essentialcharacteristic" and "attribute," probably because he takes them to be common knowledge.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Without someessentialcharacteristic, ' the family of religion becomes so large as to be practically meaningless and analytically useless ' (73).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Anessentialcharacteristicof these components for integrated modelling of physiological systems is the wide range of time-scales that are introduced.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This remains satisfactory because categorical difference is theessentialcharacteristicrequired for representing nominal and ordinal data.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Following his approach, validation (performed, when possible, through an experimental approach) was considered anessentialcharacteristicof a well-grounded theory.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Anessentialcharacteristicof any promoter-driven therapeutic strategy must be its ability to target cancer cells while leaving normal cells relatively unaffected.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theessentialcharacteristicof the mandoline is that it provides a method of varying the input scale of the thermal fluctuations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Women's behavior is not uniform, then, and cannot be explained in terms of someessentialcharacteristiccommon to all members of the group.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Enhanced energy dissipation, which is the mostessentialcharacteristicof a ' dissipative structure ', appears as two distinct anomalies associated with magnetic fluctuations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Our policy is clear: theessentialcharacteristicof green belts is their longevity.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Therefore, these pipe-lines are a means of transportation: that is theessentialcharacteristicof the proposed pipe-lines.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Anessentialcharacteristicof health services research or public health medicine research is that, to be effective, it has to be a team effort.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is theessentialcharacteristicof every protective or preferential duty that you do not treat the whole supply alike.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Conventional aircraft are capable of performing the function of conveying passengers with certainty between specified places—theessentialcharacteristicof a supply of transport.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is theessentialcharacteristicof the federal idea and the federal movement throughout the world.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofessential
Go to the definition ofcharacteristic
See other collocations withcharacteristic