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• characteristic — adj Characteristic, individual, peculiar, distinctive are comparable when they mean indicating or revealing the special quality or qualities of a particular person or thing or of a particular group of persons or things. Characteristic stresses… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• shape — [shāp] n. [ME schap < OE (ge)sceap, form, created thing, akin to scieppan, to create, form < IE * skeb , var. of base * (s)kep , to cut with a sharp tool > SHAFT, SHAVE] 1. that quality of a thing which depends on the relative position… …   English World dictionary

• Shape (disambiguation) — Shape may refer to: *Shape, the characteristic surface configuration of a thing; an outline or contour *A list of geometric shapes for mathematical figures *Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, the central command of NATO military forces… …   Wikipedia

• Characteristic function (probability theory) — The characteristic function of a uniform U(–1,1) random variable. This function is real valued because it corresponds to a random variable that is symmetric around the origin; however in general case characteristic functions may be complex valued …   Wikipedia

• Shape memory alloy — A shape memory alloy (SMA, also known as a smart alloy, memory metal, or muscle wire) is an alloy that remembers its shape, and can be returned to that shape after being deformed, by applying heat to the alloy. When the shape memory effect is… …   Wikipedia

• Shape-memory alloy — A shape memory alloy (SMA, smart metal, memory metal, memory alloy, muscle wire, smart alloy) is an alloy that remembers its original, cold forged shape: returning the pre deformed shape by heating. This material is a lightweight, solid state… …   Wikipedia

• shape — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 physical outline ADJECTIVE ▪ basic, simple ▪ The children cut the paper into various simple shapes. ▪ overall ▪ characteristic, distinctive …   Collocations dictionary

• Characteristic set — The mathematical concept of a characteristic set was discovered in the late forties by J.F. Ritt. Besides Gröbner basis method, it provides an alternative algorithmic way for solving multivariate polynomial equations or differential equations.In… …   Wikipedia

• Shape theory of olfaction — The Shape theory of smell states that a molecule s particular smell is due to a lock and key mechanism by which a scent molecule fits into olfactory receptors in the nasal epithelium. HistoryIn 1949, R.W. Moncrieff published an article in… …   Wikipedia

• Characteristic based product configurator — A characteristic based product configurator is a product configurator extension which uses a set of discrete variables, called characteristics (or features), to define all the possible product variations. The characteristics There are two… …   Wikipedia

• shape — I. verb (shaped; shaping) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceapen, gescapen, past participle of scieppan; akin to Old High German skepfen to shape Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. form, create; especially to give a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary