distinctive characteristics

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• distinctive feature — n. Linguis. any of the set of phonetic characteristics that, when variously grouped together, distinguish one phoneme from another [the bundle of distinctive features for the phoneme /m/ includes [+ consonant] and [+ nasal], while the one for the …   English World dictionary

• Characteristics of Harold Pinter's work — Main article: Harold Pinter Further information: Works of Harold Pinter Characteristics of Harold Pinter s work identifies distinctive aspects of the works of the British playwright Harold Pinter (1930–2008) and gives an indication of their… …   Wikipedia

• characteristics — char·ac·ter·is·tic || ‚kærÉ™ktÉ™ rɪstɪk n. distinguishing quality; trait, attribute adj. typical; distinctive …   English contemporary dictionary

• characteristic traits — distinctive characteristics, peculiar attributes, representative qualities, typical features …   English contemporary dictionary

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