PROPERTIES
Noun
properties
plural of property
Anagrams
• peripteros, propreties, prosperite
Source: Wiktionary
PROPERTY
Prop"er*ty, n.; pl. Properties. Etym: [OE. proprete, OF. propreté
property, F. propreté neatness, cleanliness, propriété property, fr.
L. proprietas. See Proper, a., and cf. Propriety.]
1. That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing;
that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an
attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar.
Property is correctly a synonym for peculiar quality; but it is
frequently used as coextensive with quality in general. Sir W.
Hamilton.
Note: In physical science, the properties of matter are distinguished
to the three following classes: 1. Physical properties, or those
which result from the relations of bodies to the physical agents,
light, heat, electricity, gravitation, cohesion, adhesion, etc., and
which are exhibited without a change in the composition or kind of
matter acted on. They are color, luster, opacity, transparency,
hardness, sonorousness, density, crystalline form, solubility,
capability of osmotic diffusion, vaporization, boiling, fusion, etc.
2. Chemical properties, or those which are conditioned by affinity
and composition; thus, combustion, explosion, and certain solutions
are reactions occasioned by chemical properties. Chemical properties
are identical when there is identity of composition and structure,
and change according as the composition changes. 3. Organoleptic
properties, or those forming a class which can not be included in
either of the other two divisions. They manifest themselves in the
contact of substances with the organs of taste, touch, and smell, or
otherwise affect the living organism, as in the manner of medicines
and poisons.
2. An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or
bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute
excellence.
3. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a
thing; ownership; title.
Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of
blood. Shak.
Shall man assume a property in man Wordsworth.
4. That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his
possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in lands, goods,
or money; as, a man of large property, or small property.
5. pl.
Definition: All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses
of the actors; stage requisites.
I will draw a bill of properties. Shak.
6. Propriety; correctness. [Obs.] Camden. Literary property. (Law)
See under Literary.
– Property man, one who has charge of the "properties" of a
theater.
Prop"er*ty, v. t.
1. To invest which properties, or qualities. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To make a property of; to appropriate. [Obs.]
They have here propertied me. Shak.
PROPERTY
Prop"er*ty, n.; pl. Properties. Etym: [OE. proprete, OF. propreté
property, F. propreté neatness, cleanliness, propriété property, fr.
L. proprietas. See Proper, a., and cf. Propriety.]
1. That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing;
that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an
attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar.
Property is correctly a synonym for peculiar quality; but it is
frequently used as coextensive with quality in general. Sir W.
Hamilton.
Note: In physical science, the properties of matter are distinguished
to the three following classes: 1. Physical properties, or those
which result from the relations of bodies to the physical agents,
light, heat, electricity, gravitation, cohesion, adhesion, etc., and
which are exhibited without a change in the composition or kind of
matter acted on. They are color, luster, opacity, transparency,
hardness, sonorousness, density, crystalline form, solubility,
capability of osmotic diffusion, vaporization, boiling, fusion, etc.
2. Chemical properties, or those which are conditioned by affinity
and composition; thus, combustion, explosion, and certain solutions
are reactions occasioned by chemical properties. Chemical properties
are identical when there is identity of composition and structure,
and change according as the composition changes. 3. Organoleptic
properties, or those forming a class which can not be included in
either of the other two divisions. They manifest themselves in the
contact of substances with the organs of taste, touch, and smell, or
otherwise affect the living organism, as in the manner of medicines
and poisons.
2. An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or
bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute
excellence.
3. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a
thing; ownership; title.
Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of
blood. Shak.
Shall man assume a property in man Wordsworth.
4. That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his
possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in lands, goods,
or money; as, a man of large property, or small property.
5. pl.
Definition: All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses
of the actors; stage requisites.
I will draw a bill of properties. Shak.
6. Propriety; correctness. [Obs.] Camden. Literary property. (Law)
See under Literary.
– Property man, one who has charge of the "properties" of a
theater.
Prop"er*ty, v. t.
1. To invest which properties, or qualities. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To make a property of; to appropriate. [Obs.]
They have here propertied me. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition