The defining characteristic of this family is the inflorescence: a simple or compound umbel.

Biopolymers often have a well-defined structure, though this is not a defining characteristic ( example: ligno-cellulose ):

The defining characteristic of the battle as a concept in Military science has been a dynamic one through the course of military history, changing with the changes in the organisation, employment and technology of military forces.

This model of monotheism became the defining characteristic of post-Exilic Judaism, and became the basis for Christianity and Islam.

The defining characteristic of bistability is simply that two stable states ( minima ) are separated by a peak ( maximum ).

Some critics have suggested that unlike CCM and older Christian rock, Christian alternative rock generally emphasizes musical style over lyrical content as a defining genre characteristic, though the degree to which the faith appears in the music varies from artist to artist.

The ability of the atmosphere to capture and recycle energy emitted by the Earth surface is the defining characteristic of the greenhouse effect.

Though of course hotels have always been built in popular destinations, the defining characteristic of a resort hotel is that it exists purely to serve another attraction, the two having the same owners.

Sexual desire was not the defining characteristic of a lesbian-feminist, but rather her focus on politics.

Myelin is considered a defining characteristic of the ( gnathostome ) vertebrates, but myelin-like sheaths have also arisen by parallel evolution in some invertebrates, although they are quite different from vertebrate myelin at the molecular level.

The term reliability, availability and serviceability ( RAS ) is a defining characteristic of mainframe computers.

This has often been cited as the defining characteristic of the New Order sound.

Then the characteristic ( or defining ) property of the ordered pair is:

The defining characteristic of observation is that it involves drawing conclusions, as well as building personal views about how to handle similar situations in the future, rather than simply registering that something has happened.

There is considerable agreement about defining the characteristic features of a profession.

In its common meaning, the term is used to identify a characteristic, a feature, a measurable factor that can help in defining a particular system.

The defining characteristic of ragtime music is a specific type of syncopation in which melodic accents occur between metrical beats.

The Meissner effect is a defining characteristic of superconductivity.

* abolition of private property considered as a primary goal of socialism, if not its defining characteristic, thus near total collectivization and nationalization of the means of production ;

In the case of hyponymy, psychological experiments revealed that individuals can access properties of nouns more quickly depending on when a characteristic becomes a defining property.

The defining characteristic of a vertebrate is the vertebral column, in which the notochord ( a stiff rod of uniform composition ) found in all chordates has been replaced by a segmented series of stiffer elements ( vertebrae ) separated by mobile joints ( intervertebral discs, derived embryonically and evolutionarily from the notochord ).

Telfer found five tall, developmentally disabled XYY boys and men in hospitals and penal institutions in Pennsylvania, and since four of the five had at least moderate facial acne, reached the erroneous conclusion that acne was a defining characteristic of XYY males.

The term is widely needed to support the more esoteric requirements of a number of disciplines including in philosophy when a concept is not available ; in biology when a genus is not available ; in law when a special and unique interpretation of a case or authority will be needed on-the-fly ; in town-planning where there is no existing use-case ; in intellectual property rights where there is no defining characteristic ; and in politics and societal norms where there is no real authority perceived.

Another defining characteristic for an indigenous group is that it has preserved traditional ways of living, such as present or historical reliance upon subsistence-based production ( based on pastoral, horticultural and / or hunting and gathering techniques ), and a predominantly non-urbanized society.

But the defining characteristic of the Nizari Ismaili state was that it was scattered geographically throughout Persia and Syria.

( `` In the late forties and fifties '', Coombs has declared in defining his role, `` two strong new arms were added to reinforce United States foreign policy economic assistance and military assistance.

He also stated that by defining treason in the U. S. Constitution and placing it in Article III " the founders intended the power to be checked by the judiciary, ruling out trial by military commission.

The Battle of Lechfeld ( 10 August 955 ), often seen as the defining event for holding off the incursions of the Hungarians into Western Europe, was a decisive victory by Otto I the Great, King of the Germans, over the Hungarian leaders, the harka ( military leader ) Bulcsú and the chieftains Lél ( Lehel ) and Súr.

For Rome to “ melt is for it to lose its defining shape, the boundary that contains its civic and military codes.

" B. H. Liddell Hart's definition put less emphasis on battles, defining strategy as " the art of distributing and applying military means to fulfill the ends of policy ".

Military operations oversees the policy interpretation into military plans, allocation of capability to specific strategic, operational and tactical goals and objectives, change in posture of the armed forces, the interaction of Combat Arms, Combat Support Arms and Combat Support Services during combat operations, defining of military missions and tasks during the conduct of combat, management of military prisoners and military civil affairs, and the military occupation of enemy territory, seizure of captured equipment, and maintenance of civil order in the territory under its responsibility.

Iturbide's strategy of defining a plan and using the military to back it up started a trend in Mexican politics that would dominate until the 20th century.

The category of techno-thriller blurs smoothly into the category of hard science fiction ; the defining characteristics of techno-thriller are an emphasis on real-world or plausible near-future technology and a focus on military or military-political action.

Princeps was also used as defining second part of various other military titles, such as Decurio princeps, Signifer princeps ( among the standard-bearers ).

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States Government, and is an example of a decoration that is modeled as a military order, even though not expressly defining itself as one.

Military courtesy is one of the defining features of a professional military force.

The primary reason for this loss has been attributed to the central command's failure in defining a role for the Navy, or the military in general, in East Pakistan.

War and military service have been defining influences in Australian history, while a major part of the national identity has been built on an idealised conception of the Australian experience of war and of soldiering, known as the Anzac spirit.

General Sir Charles William Pasley KCB ( 1780 – 1861 ) was a British soldier and military engineer who wrote the defining text on the role of the post-American revolution British Empire: An Essay on the Military Policy and Institutions of the British Empire, published in 1810.

This period of military occupation — usually referred to as the " war years " or " occupation period " in Norway — had defining significance for Norwegian society, and it is only recently that Norway considers itself as having passed out of the " post-war era ".

The original concept was to create a strategic vision defining the future roles of the two military services, the Royal Navy and the British Army, after the military reductions in the wake of the Boer War.