TRAIT

trait

(noun) a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

trait (plural traits)

(biology, psychology) An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.

Synonym: characteristic

(object-oriented) An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.

Coordinate terms: mixin, interface, class

Anagrams

• Attri, Ratti, ittar, tiatr

Source: Wiktionary


Trait, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. tractus, fr. trahere to draw. See Trace, v., and cf. Tract a region, Trace a strap, Tret.]

1. A stroke; a touch. By this single trait Homer makes an essential difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. Broome.

2. A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as, a trait of character.

Note: Formerly pronounced tra, as in French, and still so pronounced to some extent in England.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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