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essentiality

American  
[uh-sen-shee-al-i-tee] / əˌsɛn ʃiˈæl ɪ ti /

noun

  • essentialities
    plural
  1. the quality of being essential; essential character.

  2. an essential feature, element, or point.


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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of essentiality

First recorded in 1610–20; essential + -ity


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The scientists were particularly surprised to find that the guide RNA itself is not the primary factor in determining CRISPRi depletion in essentiality screens.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2024

"So unless you can prove Horizon's essentiality in your prosecution, then you are unlikely to get your conviction overturned," he added.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023

For a moment it seemed like "The Great British Baking Show" might go stale, having lost the feeling of essentiality bestowed on it by the pandemic.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2022

In that brimmed another truth Rich Beem has carried through the 20 years that followed the one day: the essentiality of humor.

From Washington Post ● May 19, 2022

By 'God' I mean a being absolutely infinite—that is, a substance consisting in infinite attributes, of which each expresses eternal and infinite essentiality.

From Ethics — Part 1 by R. H. M. (Robert Harvey Monro) Elwes

All differences originate from conditions and exist not in essentialities.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

But better far, in all the essentialities of it, there had not been hitherto, nor was henceforth, the least flaw.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 09 by Thomas Carlyle

The attributes of God are laws, his modes of action are the essentialities of his being, the same in all the worlds of boundless extension and all the ages of endless duration.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

Oh! there are emphasized essentialities that are not embraced among the commodities of the market, and in order to the realization of which money possesses no purchasing power.

From The Jericho Road by W. Bion Adkins

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