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subcharacteristic en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Hellenic *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek χᾰρᾰκτηριστῐκός (khărăktēristĭkós)der. English characteristic English subcharacteristic From sub- + characteristic.

Meanings

1. A characteristic that is one of the properties that work together to define a particular characteristic.
   • We define three subcharacteristics to measure the capability in more aspects. 2017, Guojun Wang, Mohammed Atiquzzaman, Zheng Yan, Security, Privacy, and Anonymity in Computation, Communication, and Storage-, page 561:
   • The ability to learn how to use a system (learnability) is also a major subcharacteristic of usability. 2022, UGC NET Computer Science Paper II Chapter Wise Notebook, page 1346:
   • Compatibility characteristic (with co-existence and interoperability subcharacteristics) is understood as the degree to which two or more systems or components can exchange information and/or perform their required functions while sharing the same hardware or software environment. 2014, Vicente García Díaz, Handbook of Research on Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering, page 241:

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