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  • 41character — [14] The ultimate source of character is Greek kharaktér, a derivative of the verb kharássein ‘sharpen, engrave, cut’, which in turn came from kharax ‘pointed stake’. Kharaktér meant ‘engraved mark’, and hence was applied metaphorically to the… …

    Word origins

  • 42character — noun /ˈkʰæɹəktɚ,ˈkʰɛɹəktɚ/ a) A being involved in the action of a story. You may not like to eat liver, said Calvins father, but it builds character. b) A written or printed symbol, or letter …

    Wiktionary

  • 43Character — I Character   [engl.], allgemein: Zeichen. II Character   [engl.], Programmierung: Datentyp in Programmiersprachen mit einer Länge von einem Byte …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 44character — Буква (Character, Letter)     Графический знак, часть алфавита [упорядоченный список букв языка], который сам по себе или в сочетании с другими знаками используется для обозначения на письме звуков, фонем и их типичных комбинаций. Знак шрифта… …

    Шрифтовая терминология

  • 45character — n 1. personality, individuality, ego; nature, disposition, temperament, temper, complexion; genius, idiosyncrasy; essential quality, Hinduism, Buddhism. dharma. 2. trait, feature, attribute, characteristic. See characteristic . 3. reputation,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 46character — rašmuo statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Rašto ženklas, vartojamas tam tikroje ↑rašto sistemoje, pavyzdžiui, raidė, skaitmuo, skyrybos ženklas. Lingvistikoje ekvivalentus terminas yra grafema. atitikmenys: angl. character; graphic… …

    Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas

  • 47character — (char)    a unit of information used in computer science and telecommunications.    The number of bits required to specify a character has varied as more robustcoding systems have been developed. By the 1970s, one character was typicallyequal to… …

    Dictionary of units of measurement

  • 48character — See: IN CHARACTER …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 49character — See: IN CHARACTER …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 50character — n. [Gr. charassein, to make clear] A distinguishing feature, trait or property of an organism that distinguishes a member from a different group or taxon; taxonomic character …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology