Look up: feature

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   Feature
   A digital representation of a real world entity or an abstraction of the real world. It has a spatial domain (attribute), a temporal domain, or a spatial/temporal domain as one of its attributes. Examples of features include almost everything that can be placed in time and space, including desks, buildings, cities, trees, forest stands, ecosystems, delivery vehicles, snow removal routes, oil wells, oil pipelines, oil spill and so on. Features are usually managed in groups as feature collections. In the context of the Ordnance Surveys, a feature may not be mobile.
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   feature
   [n] - the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater 2. [n] - a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine 3. [n] - a prominent aspect of something 4. [n] - the characteristics parts of a person`s face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin 5. [n] - an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles
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   Feature
   A feature is an article that goes into a story in greater detail as opposed to spot reporting.
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   feature
   see attribute-value pair
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   feature
   (jargon) 1. A good property or behaviour (as of a program). Whether it was intended or not is immaterial. 2. An intended property or behaviour (as of a program). Whether it is good or not is immaterial (but if bad, it is also a misfeature). 3. A surprising property or behaviour; in particular, one that is purposely inconsistent because it works bet...
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   feature
   item in a PICS table,in PERLs and SERLs Category: News-systems and communications • an item or article appearing regularly in a newspaper,magazine,etc. Category: Printing and publishing • any quality or component part of an element which may serve as the basis for describing regular patterns.Depending on the level and emphasis of analysis,features may be classed into accous...
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   Feature
   Fea'ture noun [ Middle English feture form, shape, feature, Old French faiture fashion, make, from Latin factura a making, formation, from facere , factum , to make. See Feat , Fact , and confer Facture .] 1. The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance. « What n ...
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   feature
   lineament noun the characteristic parts of a person`s face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin; `an expression of pleasure crossed his features`; `his lineaments were very regular`
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   feature
   feature film noun the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater; `the feature tonight is `Casablanca``
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    feature
    characteristic noun a prominent aspect of something; `the map showed roads and other features`; `generosity is one of his best characteristics`
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    feature
    noun an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles
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    feature
    noun a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine; `they ran a feature on retirement planning`
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    Feature
    `Feature` may refer to: *Feature (archaeology), any dug, built, or dumped evidence of human activity *Feature (Computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob *Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch *Features (pattern recognition), in statistics, individual measurable properties of the phenomena being observed *Feature data, in geographic information systems, comprises information about an entity with a geographic location *A featur...
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    Feature
    • (n.) The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance. • (n.) A form; a shape. • (n.) The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance. • (n.) The cast or structure of anythin...
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    feature
    (from the article `phonetics`) Each of the phonemes that appears in the lexicon of a language may be classified in terms of a set of phonetic properties, or features. Phoneticians ... ...and associates with each all the syntactic, semantic, and phonological information required for the correct operation of the rules. This ... ...the ...
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    feature
    
    1. a prominent aspect of something
    2. the characteristics parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
    3. the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater
    4. a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine
    5. an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles
    
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    feature
    Any irregularity or imperfection in a tree, log, board, or other wood product. Feature may result from knots and other growth conditions and abnormalities, insect or fungus attack, or during timber processing
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    Feature
    A specific advantage built into the product (example: an 'all-weather' tread design in tires).
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    feature
    An attribute of a component or system specified or implied by requirements documentation (for example reliability, usability or design constraints). [After IEEE 1008]…
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    Feature
    The use of advertising, displays, or other activity, generally by a retailer, to call special attention to a product, generally for a limited period of time.
    Found on http://www.ifla.org/VII/s34/pubs/glossar