distinguishing feature

  • 11feature — /fee cheuhr/, n., v., featured, featuring. n. 1. a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: Tall buildings were a new feature on the skyline. 2. something offered as a special attraction: This model has several added features. 3. Also… …

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  • 12feature — fea•ture [[t]ˈfi tʃər[/t]] n. v. tured, tur•ing, adj. 1) a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: The best feature of the house is the sun porch[/ex] 2) something offered as a special or main attraction 3) sbz Also called fea′ture film′ …

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  • 13distinguishing — adj. Distinguishing is used with these nouns: ↑attribute, ↑characteristic, ↑feature, ↑mark …

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  • 14Feature (software design) — The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers defines the term feature in IEEE 829 as A distinguishing characteristic of a software item (e.g., performance, portability, or functionality). [… …

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  • 15distinguishing characteristic — noun an odd or unusual characteristic • Syn: ↑peculiarity, ↑distinctive feature • Hypernyms: ↑feature, ↑characteristic • Hyponyms: ↑calling card …

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  • 16distinguishing mark — A birth mark, scar, or other like feature which distinguishes a person. A mark on a ballot which takes away its secrecy. Any deliberate marking of ballot by voter that is not made in attempt to indicate his choice of candidates and which is also… …

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  • 17distinguishing mark — A birth mark, scar, or other like feature which distinguishes a person. A mark on a ballot which takes away its secrecy. Any deliberate marking of ballot by voter that is not made in attempt to indicate his choice of candidates and which is also… …

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  • 18distinctive feature — noun an odd or unusual characteristic • Syn: ↑peculiarity, ↑distinguishing characteristic • Hypernyms: ↑feature, ↑characteristic • Hyponyms: ↑calling card * * * Ling …

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  • 19distinctive feature — Ling. 1. a feature of the sound system of a language that serves as the crucial distinguishing mark between two phonemes, as the distinctive feature of voicing, which distinguishes b from p in English, or nasality, which distinguishes m from b… …

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  • 20facial feature — noun A distinguishing element of a face, such as an eye, nose, or lips …

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