Meaning of trait in English

(Definition of trait from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of trait from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of trait

trait
Thus, it cannot classify any uniquely human trait (morphological, psychological, or behavioral) as an adaptation.
To provide compelling evidence for adaptation, however, homologous traits must play the same functional roles in human and nonhuman species.
Structural equation modelling for studying genotyperenvironment interactions of physiological traits affecting yield in wheat.
Our goals were to determine if producers could identify and then rank growth traits that determined yield potential of hard red spring wheat.
However, even in coevolutionary models, only a small number of traits are ever really allowed to coevolve.
Nor is the animal a series of passive traits.
Furthermore, these models were used to systematically test the significance of occasion-, informant-, and trait-specific effects.
Resemblance between relatives for any trait can be attributable to environmental correlations.
A trait may acquire other benefits not responsible for its evolution.
The benefit(s) responsible for the shaping of a trait are the trait's functions.
This raises issues of how we can know that a trait is an adaptation or, more specifically, has a given function.
Stochastic simulations are necessary for a full understanding of clines in polygenic traits.
These are encyclopedic compendiums listing each drug along with its traits and influence on the body.
Critics may argue that, by ascribing intrinsic value to some character traits, disjunctive minimalists are trafficking in mystery.
Exploring marker assisted selection for this trait is suggested.
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Translations of trait

in Chinese (Traditional)
(個人的)特徵,特性,品質…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(个人的)特征,特性,品质…
in Spanish
rasgo, rasgo [masculine, singular]…
in Portuguese
traço, característica, traço [masculine]…
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वैशिष्ट्य…
kişisel özellik, karakter niteliği, kişilik hasletleri…
trait [masculine], trait (de caractère)…
特色(とくしょく)…
eigenschap…
ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட வகை நடத்தையை உருவாக்கக்கூடிய ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட பண்பு…
(व्यक्तित्व या व्यवहार की) विशेषता, गुण…
વિશેષતા, લાક્ષણિકતા…
træk…
drag…
sifat…
der Charakterzug…
trekk [neuter], trekk, karakteregenskap…
خدو خال, خصوصیت…
характерна риса, особливість…
черта, особенность…
ఒక నిర్దిష్ట రకం ప్రవర్తనకు కారణం కాగల నిర్దిష్ట లక్షణం…
বৈশিষ্ট্য…
rys…
watak…
คุณสมบัติ…
nét tiêu biểu…
cecha…
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