What does Trait mean?

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Answer 1

A distinguishing feature, as of a person's character. See synonyms at quality.

A genetically determined characteristic or condition: a recessive trait.

A stroke with or as if with a pencil.

A slight degree or amount, as of a quality; a touch or trace: a sermon with a trait of humor.

[Middle English, shot, from Old French, something drawn, shot, from Latin tractus, a drawing out, line. See tract1.]

Dental Dictionary: trait

(trāt)

n

An inherited set of mental or bodily characteristics.

Archaeology Dictionary: trait

[Ge]

A proposed observable distinguishing feature or characteristic of an artefact, structure, or some other element of material culture.

Sports Science and Medicine: trait

A relatively stable predisposition to act in a certain way. Traits are usually applied to personality. Each trait is often represented as a two-dimensional construct (e.g. honest-dishonest; assertive-non-assertive) represented by a scale along which an individual can be rated. Traits are viewed as being consistent across a wide variety of different situations

Veterinary Dictionary: trait

1. any genetically determined condition; also, the condition prevailing in the heterozygous state of a recessive disorder.

2. a distinctive behavior pattern.

t. A-46 — see inherited parakeratosis.

qualitative t. — a characteristic that is expressed only in descriptive terms, e.g. fine bone, deep chest.

quantitative t. — a characteristic that is expressed mathematically, e.g. an annual yield of milk of 15,000 lb.

s*x-linked t. — the gene for the trait is located on the chromosomes which determine the s*x of the individual.

A distinguishing feature of your personal nature.

Nothing is so soothing to our self esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us. — Van Wyck Brooks (1886-1963)

Trait may refer to:

Trait, a characteristic or property of some entsychological study of personality.

In computing

Trait class, a template class in the C++ programming language.

Trait (abstract type), a model for structuring object oriented programs.

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Answer 2

a: a distinguishing quality (as of personal character) <curiosity is one of her notable traits> b: an inherited characteristic

Answer 3

Attribute.. a distinguishing feature of one's personal nature..

Answer 4

noun 1. a distinguishing characteristic or quality, esp. of one's personal nature: bad traits of character.  

2. a pen or pencil stroke.  

3. a stroke, touch, or strain, as of some quality: a trait of pathos; a trait of ready wit.