Definition of a-character in English English dictionary
- ASA character
- A standard carriage control character added to the start of each line of text to be printed on a line printer
- Chinese character
- Any character used in the written form of several languages of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam
- breakout character
- In fictional television or other episodic media, a character who becomes the most popular, talked about, and imitated, helping to establish the narrative's popularity
- carriage control character
- A character, added to the beginning of each line of text to be printed on a line printer, that controls the movement of paper through the printer before each new line is printed
- cartoon character
- A fictional character in a cartoon
- character
- A being involved in the action of a story
- character
- A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group
- character
- To write (using characters); To describe
- character
- A moral strength
You may not like to eat liver, said Calvin's father, but it builds character..
- character
- A distinguishing feature; characteristic; A complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
- character
- A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions
We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers.
- character
- One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character
- character
- A written or printed symbol, or letter
- character
- A person with many notable or eccentric features
- character actor
- A supporting actor who specializes in playing more eccentric or unusual roles
- character assassination
- a malicious verbal assault designed to damage the reputation of a public figure
- character cell
- The imaginary rectangle that delineates the boundaries of a text character
- character class
- One of a number of pre-determined groups into which characters in role-playing games are grouped, based on the focus of their skills
- character classes
- plural form of character class
- character encoding
- A well-defined correspondence between characters and numbers used to represent them
- character encodings
- plural form of character encoding
- character reference
- A statement, concerning the character of a person, furnished for someone applying for a post
- character set
- A set of characters together with a character encoding
- character set
- The set of characters encoded by a given character encoding
- character sets
- plural form of character set
- character theory
- The branch of abstract algebra dealing with group characters
- character user interface
- command line interface
- control character
- A character which does not have a direct visual appearance as a glyph, but rather causes some other display action to occur, such as a transition to a new line. Examples are tab, carriage return, and line feed
- escape character
- A single metacharacter, usually a control code, which in a sequence of characters signifies that what is to follow takes an alternative interpretation. The term escape sequence refers to the escape character and the subsequent character or characters so modified
In the C programming language, the backslash is an escape character; for example, '\n' represents a newline.
- in character
- Acting as the character, not as oneself
We were very in character, and the audience noticed.
- non-player character
- A character in a role-playing game or computer game whose actions are not controlled by the player
- optical character recognition
- The electronic identification and digital encoding of printed or handwritten characters by means of an optical scanner and specialized software
- out of character
- Inconsistent with one's personality, disposition, or usual expected behaviour
The burst of anger was out of character for the normally placid boy.
- out of character
- Not acting; not "on"; behaving within one's natural personality rather than that of a character, or taking actions entirely outside the fictional context
Susan asked the GM, out of character, whether she was able to sense magic in the room.
- out of character
- Away from the mindset, personality, or behavior assumed for a role that an actor is rehearsing or performing, or that a player is playing
The comedian stepped out of character to mug directly to the audience.
- out of character
- In a manner inconsistent with one's usual and expected personality or behavior
- out of character
- Not in character; not successfully performing within the mindset of a given character in a theatrical performance. See also break character, drop character
I was out of character for most of the first act because those people in the third row wouldn't stop chatting.
- player character
- : A character in a role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a participant in the game
- round character
- A complex literary character with fully developed and dynamic traits
- staple character
- A stock character, especially one that is overused
The mad scientist was a staple character in many horror films.
- stock character
- Any fictional character drawn from some stereotype who is instantly recognizable
- title character
- A fictional character whose name or a short description of him or her is present in the title of the work where he or she appears, resulting in an emphasis that typically but not necessarily is limited to the protagonist
- whitespace character
- A character such that it is white space
- flat character
- (Fotoğrafçılık) A minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story. Also referred to as "two-dimensional characters" or "static characters," flat characters play a supporting role to the main character, who as a rule should be round
- foil character
- In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character. In some cases, a subplot can be used as a foil to the main plot. This is especially true in the case of metafiction and the "story within a story" motif. The word foil comes from the old practice of backing gems with foil in order to make them shine more brightly
- static character
- (Fotoğrafçılık) A minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story. Also referred to as "two-dimensional characters" or "flat characters," flat characters play a supporting role to the main character, who as a rule should be round
- two-dimensional character
- (Fotoğrafçılık) A minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story. Also referred to as "flat characters" or "static characters," flat characters play a supporting role to the main character, who as a rule should be round
- character
- {n} a mark, letter, reputation, peculiar qualities, dignity, a person
- Character arc
- A character arc is the status of the character as it unfolds throughout the story, the storyline or series of episodes. Characters begin the story with a certain viewpoint and, through events in the story, that viewpoint changes
- fictional character
- A fictional character is any person, persona, identity, or entity whose existence originates from a work of fiction. The process of creating and developing characters in a work of fiction is called characterization
- stock character
- A fictional (esp. dramatic) character representing a type in a conventional way