subcharacteristic

noun

A characteristic that is one of the properties that work together to define a particular characteristic.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

nounsubcharacteristic (plural subcharacteristics)

plural subcharacteristics

  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
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    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

    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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
  7. Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
  8. Ancient Greekχαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō)
  9. Ancient Greekχᾰρᾰκτηριστῐκός (khărăktēristĭkós)
  10. Englishcharacteristic
  11. Englishsubcharacteristic

From sub- + characteristic.

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