feature
/ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ/ noun A2- A component that draws attention or interest. · a water feature· Features of this model include a long battery life and a durable case.
- A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
- A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news. · He was included in a feature that was written by the EspnCricinfo department on the media.
- Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
- The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic. · one of the features of the landscape
- Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
- Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
- An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model.
Plural features
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Holmes had taken out his watch, and as minute followed minute without result, an expression of the utmost chagrin and disappointment appeared upon his features.
I can hardly recall any case where the features have been more peculiar.”
Her face is too thin; her complexion has no brilliancy; and her features are not at all handsome.
The mere sight of his excellent appetite was an assurance of success; for I had very clear recollections of days and nights without a thought of food, when his baffled mind had chafed before some problem while his thin, eager features became more attenuated with the asceticism of complete mental concentration.
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