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Eigenschaft — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • attribute noun A quality or characteristic that belongs to a person or thing.
  • characteristic adj Typical of a particular person or thing; serving to identify it.
  • feature noun A distinctive or noticeable part or quality of something.
  • property noun Something that a person or organization owns, especially land, buildings, or possessions.
  • quality noun The overall standard or excellence of something, as opposed to how much of it there is.
  • trait noun A distinguishing quality or characteristic of a person or thing.

Senses

Eigenschaft is used for these senses in English:

  • attribute A characteristic or quality of a thing.
  • characteristic A distinguishing feature of a person or thing, a part of mental or physical behavior.
  • characteristic (nautical) The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).
  • feature An important or main item.
  • feature (computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
  • property The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
  • property (computing) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class; especially (OOP) one that encapsulates an underlying variable.
  • quality (countable) Something that differentiates a thing or person.

attribute — full definition

  1. noun A quality or characteristic that belongs to a person or thing.
  2. noun A property or setting associated with a data object, in computing.
  3. verb To say that something is caused by or belongs to a particular source.

characteristic — full definition

  1. adj Typical of a particular person or thing; serving to identify it.
  2. noun A distinguishing feature or quality of someone or something.

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