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psychological feature
a feature of the mental life of a living organism
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attribute
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
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group, grouping
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
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relation
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
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communication
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
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amount, measure, quantity
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
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otherworld
an abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality
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set
(mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
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cognition, knowledge, noesis
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
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motivation, motive, need
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
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state
the way something is with respect to its main attributes
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form, shape
the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
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time
the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
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infinite, space
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
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event
something that happens at a given place and time
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possession
anything owned or possessed
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social relation
a relation between living organisms (especially between people)
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publication
the communication of something to the public; making information generally known
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human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
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human nature
the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings
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trait
a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
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character
(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
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thing
any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
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common denominator
an attribute that is common to all members of a category
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personality
the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
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cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine
the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
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uncheerfulness
not conducive to cheer or good spirits
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ballast
an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
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ethos
(anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
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eidos
(anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group
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quality
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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property
a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
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heritage, inheritance
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
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position, spatial relation
the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
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chance, probability
a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
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depth
the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense
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quantum
(physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
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interval
a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints
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group, mathematical group
a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse
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message
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
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contagion, infection
the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
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language, linguistic communication
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
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black and white, written communication, written language
communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
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content, message, subject matter, substance
what a communication that is about something is about
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didacticism
communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive
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sign, signal, signaling
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
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sign
a public display of a message
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indicant, indication
something that serves to indicate or suggest
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visual communication
communication that relies on vision
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display
exhibiting openly in public view
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expressive style, style
a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
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paralanguage, paralinguistic communication
the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings
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auditory communication
communication that relies on hearing
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phonation, vocalisation, vocalism, vocalization, voice, vox
the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
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anomalous communication, psychic communication, psychical communication
communication by paranormal means
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voice
something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
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arrangement
an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
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straggle
a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
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kingdom
a basic group of natural objects
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biological group
a group of plants or animals
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biotic community, community
(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
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people
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
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social group
people sharing some social relation
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accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
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edition
all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time
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electron shell
a grouping of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom
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ethnic group, ethnos
people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
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race
people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
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association
(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
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cloud, swarm
a group of many things in the air or on the ground
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domain, domain of a function
(mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined
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image, range, range of a function
(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
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universal set
(mathematics) the set that contains all the elements or objects involved in the problem under consideration
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locus
the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions
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subgroup
a distinct and often subordinate group within a group
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subset
a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set
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null set
a set that is empty; a set with no members
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Mandelbrot set
a set of complex numbers that has a highly convoluted fractal boundary when plotted; the set of all points in the complex plane that are bounded under a certain mathematical iteration
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mathematical space, topological space
(mathematics) any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kind
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field
(mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1
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root, solution
the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
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sainthood
saints collectively
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citizenry, people
the body of citizens of a state or country
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population
a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
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hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed
the common people generally
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diagonal
(mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry
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varna
(Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)
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circuit
(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
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scheme, system
a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
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series
a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection
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ownership
the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
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document
a written account of ownership or obligation
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economic value, value
the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
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fundamental measure, fundamental quantity
one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement
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definite quantity
a specific measure of amount
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indefinite quantity
an estimated quantity
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relative quantity
a quantity relative to some purpose
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metric, system of measurement
a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
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cordage
the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords
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octane number, octane rating
a measure of the antiknock properties of gasoline
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magnetisation, magnetization
the extent or degree to which something is magnetized
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radical
(mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
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volume
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
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volume
a relative amount
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proof
a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
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causality
the relation between causes and effects
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human relationship, relationship
a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)
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function
a relation such that one thing is dependent on another
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association
a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
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logical relation
a relation between propositions
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mathematical relation
a relation between mathematical expressions (such as equality or inequality)
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foundation
the basis on which something is grounded
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connectedness, connection, connexion
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
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unconnectedness
the lack of a connection between things
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linguistic relation
a relation between linguistic forms or constituents
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component, component part, constituent, part, portion
something determined in relation to something that includes it
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affinity, kinship
a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
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family relationship, kinship, relationship
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
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magnitude relation, quantitative relation
a relation between magnitudes
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control
a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
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business relation
a relation between different business enterprises
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reciprocality, reciprocity
a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
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interrelatedness, interrelation, interrelationship
mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness
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temporal relation
a relation involving time
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comparison
relation based on similarities and differences
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oppositeness, opposition
the relation between opposed entities
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change
a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
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intersection
a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations
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actinide, actinoid, actinon
any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103
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lanthanide, lanthanoid, lanthanon, rare earth, rare-earth element
any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)
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halogen
any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions
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time unit, unit of time
a unit for measuring time periods
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point, point in time
an instant of time
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period of play, play, playing period
(in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
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interval, time interval
a definite length of time marked off by two instants
