distinguishing feature
21characteristic — Distinguishing feature; often used loosely as a synonym of character, although, more precisely, it refers to the distinctive state or expression of that character. See also character state. Cf. character …
22HEBREW GRAMMAR — The following entry is divided into two sections: an Introduction for the non specialist and (II) a detailed survey. [i] HEBREW GRAMMAR: AN INTRODUCTION There are four main phases in the history of the Hebrew language: the biblical or classical,… …
23North American English regional phonology — See also: Regional vocabularies of American English North American English regional phonology is the study of variations in the pronunciation of spoken English by the inhabitants of various parts of North America. North American English can be… …
24India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …
25South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
26Inventive step under the European Patent Convention — Legal requirements applicable to European patent applications and patents …
27Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
28Register complex — In linguistics, a register complex is a combination of phonation type, pitch, length, vowel quality and/or other variants that function dependently as distinguishing features within a single phonological system. In languages employing register… …
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30Isograph — and Isogloss are technical terms for differentiating aspects of scripts and languages respectively.Within the field of linguistics (including historical linguistics), the term isogloss describes a distinctive feature of a language or dialect (see …
