Look up: Character

1. character
   Heritable trait possessed by an organism; characters are usually described in terms of their states, for example: 'hair present' vs. 'hair absent,' where 'hair' is the character, and 'present' and 'absent' are its states.
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2. Character
   A character is a inherited trait of an organism. Characters are usually described in terms of a state, for example: blue eyes vs. brown eyes, where eyes is the character, and blue and brown are its states.
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3. Character
   A cartoon figure (usually, but not necessarily) taken from comic books, TV or popular culture to add humor or emphasis to a piece. In some pieces, the character takes the place of a letter in the word.
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4. character
   Any trait of an organism; not limited to anatomy (for example, behavioral characters).
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5. Character
   The term used to indicate form, functions or features of individuals.
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6. character
   A symbol in writing. A letter, punctuation mark, or figure.
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7. Character
   A distinctive mark: an inscribed letter: one of a set of writing-symbols.
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8. character
   [n] - good repute 2. [n] - a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) 3. [n] - a written symbol that is used to represent speech 4. [n] - a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person`s qualifications and dep...
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9. Character
   A single letter, numeric digit or punctuation mark as defined by ASCII or EBCDIC codes. One character requires 1 byte of storage.
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10. Character
    Wines are naturally full of good qualities. These qualities themselves are defined by the grape variety or varieties used to make the wine.
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11. Character
    (1) A single group of bars and spaces that represents a specific number (usually one) of numbers, letters, punctuation marks, or other symbols. (2) A graphic shape representing a letter, numeral, or symbol. (3) A letter, digit, or other symbol that is used as part of the organization, control, or representation of data
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12. Character
    A letter, figure, number, punctuation or other symbol contained in a message or used in a control function
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13. Character
    an individual in a story, play or poem whose personality can be inferred from their actions and dialogue. Writers may also use physical description of the individual to give readers clues about a character. chronological writing writing organised in terms of sequences of events.
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14. Character
    A single element in a typeface (letter, numeral, punctuation mark).
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15. Character
    A letter, digit or other symbol that is used as the representation of data. A connected sequence of characters is called a character string.
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16. Character
    a member of a set of elements upon which agreement has been reached and that is used for the organization,control or representation of data Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • a distinctive colour and/or periodic rhythm of a beacon or light signal,enabling ...
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17. character
    A single shape used to represent a letter, number, symbol, etc.
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18. Character
    Char'ac·ter noun [ Latin , an instrument for marking, character, Greek ..., from ... to make sharp, to cut into furrows, to engrave: confer French caractère .] 1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. « It were much to be...
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19. Character
    Char'ac·ter transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Charactered .] 1. To engrave; to inscribe. [ R.] « These trees shall be my books. And in their barks my thoughts I 'll character . Shak.<...
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20. character
    In current usage, approximately equivalent to personality. The sum of the relatively fixed personality traits and habitual modes of response of an individual. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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21. character
    grapheme noun a written symbol that is used to represent speech; `the Greek alphabet has 24 characters`
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22. character
    noun (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
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23. character
    eccentric 1 type noun a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); `a real character`; `a strange character`; `a friendly eccentric`; `the capable type`; `a mental case`
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24. character
    noun good repute; `he is a man of character`
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25. character
    verb engrave or inscribe characters on
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