characterization

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The act or process of characterizing
Can include determining identity, physical chemistry data, purity, potency, quality, stability, strength, pharmacokinetics, dose response, and efficacy
The process of creating a believable "person" by exploring the physical, social, and psychological dimensions of a role
Characterization aggregates classified environmental interventions/aspects within an environmental impact category This step results in environmental performance indicators
Activities in the laboratory or the field undertaken to establish the geologic conditions and the ranges of the parameters of a candidate site relevant to the location of a repository These activities include borings, surface excavations, excavations of exploratory shafts, limited subsurface lateral excavations and borings, and in situ testing to evaluate the suitability of a candidate site for the location of a repository, but do not include preliminary borings and geophysical testing to assess if site characterization should be undertaken
Site sampling, monitoring, and analysis to determine the extent and nature of releases Characterization provides the basis for acquiring the necessary technical information to develop, screen, analyze, and select appropriate cleanup techniques
The act of describing a device's behavior through software In color management, this typically means creating an ICC profile
the fictional or artistic presentation of a fictional personage A term like "a good character" can, then, be ambiguousit may mean that the personage is virtuous or that he or she is well presented regardless of his or her characteristics or moral qualities Close Window
The process of creating an ICC profile that describes the unique color characteristics of a particular device such as a monitor, scanner, color printer, and printing press Press Profiles may be based on standards such as SWOP Resultant ICC profiles define the gamut of a device in the context of a device-independent color space so that colors may be mapped to or from the device gamut
direct or indirect representation of persons in narrative and dramatic works
Once a defect or yield excursion has been detected, the process or act of identifying and reviewing the defect in order to determine source
the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features; "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd"
Facility or site sampling, monitoring and analysis activities to determine the extent and nature of a release Characterization provides the basis for acquiring the necessary technical information to develop, screen, analyze, and select appropriate cleanup techniques
The measurement of the initial state of a device
A determination of the chemicals or constituents present in groundwater, soil, or air; how far they extend; and in what concentration
The author's ability to populate their stories with unique, individual people who are living and breathing to the reader When two people have a conversation in a novel, the reader should be able to know who is saying what, without the name tags, based on how well the author has developed the character
A term that describes measured color attributes, such as color gamuts and color reproduction characteristics of a device, such as a scanner or a printer
In critical thinking, characterization a form of analysis of critical features of an object or concept In writing, characterization is the creation of believable fictional characters
The thorough identification of all organic, inorganic and radiological components of a given waste or a given waste stream
A set of tests applied to a fabrication process, a microcircuit, or a subsystem used to measure critical process or performance parameters under all anticipated electrical and environmental conditions, and to measure how changes in those conditions and parameters correlate
the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features; "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd
The process of testing an integrated circuit in sufficient detail to qualify the process by which it was manufactured and measure the associated process margins This is separate from testing, which is done on product for shipment to verify outgoing quality (SM*)
{i} character description; creation of characters in a play or novel etc. (also characterisation)
  Devices which allow the reader to learn what the character is like and which makes that literary figure seem more like a "real person" than words on a page   Characters are characterized by narrative description (we are told directly), by their actions (we see for ourselves that the character is either consistent with what we have been told or, sometimes, quite different), or by other characters' reactions to or feelings about them (when "good" people respond positively to a particular character, that person is generally "good," the same goes for when pets-read, dogs!-respond negatively to-read, growl or bite!-a character, we know they are a bad, bad person, no matter what the narrator says )
char·ac·teri·za·tion characterizations in BRIT, also use characterisation Characterization is the way an author or an actor describes or shows what a character is like. Chaucer's characterization of Criseyde. see also characterize
acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially representing the character by speech and action and gesture
a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
The process of collecting measured electrical data about the operation of an integrated circuit component or module to enable it to be accurately modelled in a computer simulation
Determination of the attributes of resource units, populations, or sampling units A prominent use in EMAP is characterization of 40-hexes
The process of developing and portraying a character
characterize
To determine the characteristics of
characterize
To depict someone or something a particular way (usually negative.)
characterize
to describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities
characterize
{v} to give a character, to mark
characterisation
a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters". (synonym) word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization. (derivation) qualify, characterize, characterise
characterisation
the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features; "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd". (synonym) characterization
characterisation
a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
characterisation
{i} character description; creation of characters in a play or novel etc. (also characterization)
characterisation
the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features; "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd"
characterisation
The act or process of characterising
characterizations
plural of characterization
characterize
char·ac·ter·ize characterizes characterizing characterized in BRIT, also use characterise1. If something is characterized by a particular feature or quality, that feature or quality is an obvious part of it. This election campaign has been characterized by violence A bold use of colour characterizes the bedroom
characterize
be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"
characterize
{f} describe; be a characteristic of (also characterise)
characterize
To be a characteristic of; to make, or express the character of
characterize
To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features
characterize
If you characterize someone or something as a particular thing, you describe them as that thing. Both companies have characterized the relationship as friendly = describe
characterize
To indicate the character of; to describe
characterize
To engrave or imprint
characterize
describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
characterize
be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?
characterization

    Hyphenation

    char·ac·te·ri·za·tion

    Turkish pronunciation

    kerıktırîzeyşın

    Pronunciation

    /ˌkerəktərəˈzāsʜən/ /ˌkɛrəktɜrɪˈzeɪʃən/

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