(a.) Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
(n.) A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized.
(n.) The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.
Example Sentences:
(1) The assembly reaction is accompanied by characteristic changes in fluorescence emission and dichroic absorption.
(2) The angiographic appearances are highly characteristic and equal in value to a histological diagnosis.
(3) The femoral component, made of Tivanium with titanium mesh attached to it by a new process called diffusion bonding, retains superalloy fatigue strength characteristics.
(4) Structure assignment of the isomeric immonium ions 5 and 6, generated via FAB from N-isobutyl glycine and N-methyl valine, can be achieved by their collision induced dissociation characteristics.
(5) The effects of sessions, individual characteristics, group behavior, sedative medications, and pharmacological anticipation, on simple visual and auditory reaction time were evaluated with a randomized block design.
(6) It is quite interesting to analyse which gene of the virus determines the characteristics of the virus.
(7) In this paper, we show representative experiments illustrating some characteristics of the procedure which may have wide application in clinical microbiology.
(8) The clinical and radiologic characteristics of this unusual tumor are discussed.
(9) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
(10) Extensive studies during recent years have shown that the interaction between hormone and membrane-bound receptor can affect the receptor characteristics in at least two ways.
(11) These cells contained organelles characteristic of the maturation stage ameloblast and often extended to the enamel surface, suggesting a possible origin from the ameloblast layer.
(12) The correlates of three characteristics of familial networks (i.e., residential proximity, family affection, and family contact) were examined among a national sample of older Black Americans.
(13) The performance characteristics of the CCD are well documented and understood, having been quantified by many experimenters, especially in the physical sciences.
(14) The obtained results are used to study the relation between the acoustic characteristics of these vowels and the corresponding articulatory dimensions.
(15) Importantly, these characteristics were strong predictors of subsequent mortality.
(16) These same molecules may be equally responsible for the pathologic characteristics of the immune response seen, for example, in inflammatory bowel diseases.
(17) Periosteal chondroma is an uncommon benign cartilagenous lesion, and its importance lies primarily in its characteristic radiographic and pathologic appearance which should be of assistance in the differential diagnosis of eccentric lesions of bones.
(18) In the case of nonspecific loading highly trained individuals may have low VT values close to the level characteristic for normal subjects.
(19) This exploratory survey of 100 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was conducted (1) to learn about the types and frequencies of disability law-related problems encountered as a result of having RA, and (2) to assess the respective relationships between the number of disability law-related problems reported and the patients' sociodemographic and RA disease characteristics.
(20) These two types of transfer functions are appropriate to explain the transition to anaerobic metabolism (anaerobic threshold), with a hyperbolic transfer characteristic representing a graded transition; and a sigmoid transfer characteristic representing an abrupt transition.
Disadvantage
Definition:
(n.) Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.
(n.) Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good.
(v. t.) To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.
Example Sentences:
(1) Their disadvantages - the expensive equipment and the time-consuming procedure respectively - limit their widespread use.
(2) One disadvantage of the EHL is that it lacks the fragment-collecting capability that the ultrasound lithotripter features.
(3) Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages.
(4) The diet dilution technique overcomes the major disadvantage of the graded supplementation method for determining the requirements of amino acids, namely that of the amino acid balance changing systematically in successive dietary treatments.
(5) This paper considers the advantages and disadvantages of the instrument together with indications for its use and reviews 118 patients who had 130 oral lesions removed with the CO2 laser.
(6) MCT TPN was found to have some disadvantages, especially with regard to nitrogen balance and plasma albumin levels.
(7) We conclude that acute ischemia induces a mechanical disadvantage which is greater than just the loss of contractile function by the ischemic segment.
(8) Paradigm relies heavily on social science research and analysis to help companies identify and address the specific barriers and unconscious biases that might be affecting their diversity efforts: things like anonymizing resumes so that employers can’t tell a candidate’s gender or ethnicity, or modifying a salary negotiation process that places women and minorities at a disadvantage.
(9) This suggests that there is little survival advantage or disadvantage in the combination of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and sickle cell anaemia.
(10) In this paper, the main advantages and disadvantages of the following three techniques, i.e.
(11) We discuss advantages and disadvantages of total randomization, of Zelen-type randomization procedures, of Efron-type procedures vs more classical blocking procedures to control the balance between groups, and of Simon-Pocock-type procedures vs more classical stratification for controlling possible biases in prognostic factors.
(12) This article will review the orthopaedic conditions wherein ankle arthroscopy has utility, the advantages and disadvantages of arthroscopy, and nursing considerations for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative patient care.
(13) Changes in the fitness of harmful mutations may therefore impose a greater long-term disadvantage on asexual populations than those which are sexual.
(14) After considering the advantages and disadvantages of preclinical laboratory exercises, they conclude that the former still outweigh the latter.
(15) The right atrial route is considered to be preferable as a primary approach and has no disadvantages.
(16) These were people who had neither disadvantage nor biological risk factors.
(17) Since they were established they have been credited with changing the face of children and family services, identifying disadvantaged children and families and providing targeted support.
(18) This article describes one way of circumventing these disadvantages.
(19) Each case must be assessed on its own premises: the substitution need, the availability of a transplant, the long-term prognosis, and the advantages and disadvantages of a solution with autotransplantation versus solutions without autotransplantation.
(20) Methods, advantages, and disadvantages of electrometry on wounds are reported.