- plural of characteristic.
characteristics
Americannoun
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Bloomfield was initially examining the physical characteristics of tetraploid cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Their work explores how the same chemical characteristics that make vanillin useful in everyday products could also contribute to biological effects that benefit human health.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Scharp identified eight characteristics of estrangement, or areas in which adult children who are pulling away from their parents change their behaviors or feelings:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The crew also conducted nutrition-focused research and examined how physical characteristics may affect blood flow during spaceflight to help keep astronauts safe and healthy on future missions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
What they discovered were new examples of nuclear isomerism, in which isotopes of identical mass numbers and changes show dramatically different radioactive characteristics.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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