Discordant coastlines feature distinctive landforms because the rocks are eroded by ocean waves.

This feature is borderline distinctive in English, as in " wholly " vs. " holy ", but cases are limited to morpheme boundaries.

The most prominent feature of Crux is the distinctive asterism known as the Southern Cross.

Thus, this supposedly distinctive feature was easy to use, but had nothing to do with actual phylogenic relationship.

Another distinctive feature of the modern dagger is that it is designed to position the blade horizontally when using a conventional palm grip, enabling the user to slash right or left as well as thrust the blade between an opponent's ribs.

One distinctive feature that has caused a great amount of interest among linguists is what is traditionally seen as three degrees of phoneme length: short, long, and " overlong ", such that, and are distinct.

There are cultural commonalities between Esperanto speakers, which is a distinctive feature of a cultural community.

A distinctive feature of the Gospel of John, is that it provides a very different chronology of Jesus ' ministry from that in the synoptics.

Descriptive epithets are a common literary device in many parts of the world, whereas kennings in this restricted sense are a distinctive feature of Old Norse and, to a lesser extent, Old English poetry.

A distinctive feature of the Krag-Jørgensen action was its magazine.

A distinctive feature is the two prong, cutaway bow section.

A distinctive liturgical feature of Methodism is the use of Covenant services.

Another distinctive feature of the album was the orchestral passages that Evans had devised as transitions between the different tracks, which were joined together with the innovative use of editing in the post-production phase, turning each side of the album into a seamless piece of music.

This trade mark became especially distinctive in his fourth feature The Elevator ( 1999 ), and his fifth, The Bathroom ( 2005 ).

Interdependence: The distinctive feature of an oligopoly is interdependence.

This is a distinctive feature of the English legal system.

The distinctive feature of the crossed keys behind the shield was maintained.

Although attempts have been made to suggest that the sparr had a distinctive shaped head, illustrations and surviving weapons show there was considerable variation and the distinctive feature of the weapon was its long haft.

The distinctive feature of their rank insignia are traditionally stylized edelweiss ( image ).

A somewhat distinctive feature of Sorcerer is the fact that it is based almost exclusively on source code.

The most distinctive feature is the ultrabasic ophiolite, peridotite and gabbro on Unst and Fetlar, which are remnants of the Iapetus Ocean floor.

The comic strip feature of Doctor Who Magazine traditionally represents the ship's distinctive dematerialisation sound with the onomatopoeic phrase " vworp vworp ".

This tall bridge includes a glass covered pylon, which lights up at night, adding a distinctive feature to Toledo's skyline.

Their most distinctive feature and namesake are the yellow tufts () that appear annually on birds of both sexes as the summer reproductive season approaches.

The shape of the flowers is very distinctive, making orchids easy to recognize.

It is alphabetic, with a letter or diacritic for every phonemic ( distinctive ) hand shape, orientation, motion, and position, though it lacks any representation of facial expression, and is better suited for individual words than for extended passages of text.

Chile's distinctive shape — long and on average wide — makes it the longest country in the world in terms of length-to-width ratio, with the fifth lengthiest coastline at over.

Three mountain chains — Sima, Nioumakele, and Jimilime — emanate from a central peak, Mtingui ( 1, 575 m ), giving the island its distinctive shape.

An example is to be found on the uninhabited island of Vementry on the north side of the West Mainland, where it appears that the cairn may have originally been circular and its distinctive heel shape added as a secondary development, a process repeated elsewhere in Shetland.

Because of its distinctive shape, the arch was known as " the Chaps " and " the Schoolmarm's Bloomers " by local cowboys.

The distinctive shape and historic usage of the dagger have made it iconic and symbolic.

Each Christian community also had presbyters, as was the case with Jewish communities, who were also ordained and assisted the bishop ; as Christianity spread, especially in rural areas, the presbyters exercised more responsibilities and took distinctive shape as priests.

The main part of the building is a distinctive conical shape with a spiral walkway and large atrium inside, similar to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.

The hull had a distinctive leaf shape with the bow sections much narrower than the stern quarters.

The " distinctive shape " set, based on traditional schematics, is used for simple drawings, and derives from MIL-STD-806 of the 1950s and 1960s.

IEC 617-12 and its successor IEC 60617-12 do not explicitly show the " distinctive shape " symbols, but do not prohibit them.

In India the Palm leaf manuscript, with a distinctive long rectangular shape, was used from ancient times until the 19th century.

Yet the most important aspect of the 1970 uniform change was the adoption of one of the more distinctive logos in sports ; a Phillies " P " that, thanks to its unique shape and " baseball stitched " center swirl, remained instantly recognizable and admired, long after its regular use had ended.

The type and shape of recessions are distinctive.

While the shape and colour of tiles was once regionally distinctive, now tiles of many shapes and colours are produced commercially, to suit the taste and pocketbook of the purchaser.

Sulawesi has a distinctive shape, dominated by four large narrow peninsulas: the north Semenanjung Minahassa ; the East Peninsula ; the South Peninsula ; and the South-east Peninsula.

It has a distinctive shape, dominated by four large peninsulas: the Semenanjung Minahassa ; the East Peninsula ; the South Peninsula ; and the South-east Peninsula.

* Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre (' The Tube '), known as The Tube because of its distinctive shape

Twiglets are crisp wheat-based snacks with a " distinctive knobbly shape " similar to that of a small twig, originating in the United Kingdom.

The car already had its distinctive round shape and air-cooled, flat-four, rear-mounted engine.

The concept of wild type is useful in some experimental organisms such as fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster, in which the standard phenotypes for features such as eye color or shape and wing form are known to be altered by particular gene mutations that produce distinctive phenotypes, such as " apricot " " bar eyes " or " vestigial wings ".

) However, Zippy is distinctive not so much for his skull shape, or for any identifiable form of brain damage, but for his enthusiasm for philosophical non sequiturs (" All life is a blur of Republicans and meat!

When basalt erupts underwater or flows into the sea, contact with the water quenches the surface and the lava forms a distinctive pillow shape, through which the hot lava breaks to form another pillow.

* Dalton Tradition, a distinctive shape of stone arrowhead