A key characteristic of bandwidth is that a band of a given width can carry the same amount of information, regardless of where that band is located in the frequency spectrum.

The bacterial origin fMLF as a key component of inflammation has characteristic chemoattractant effects in neutrophil granulocytes and monocytes.

In Monsieur Lecoq ( 1868 ), the title character is adept at disguise, a key characteristic of detectives.

The differential geometry of surfaces captures many of the key ideas and techniques characteristic of this field.

Provided the sample size is adequate, the risks associated with random allocation ( such as failing to obtain a representative sample in a survey, or having a serious imbalance in a key characteristic between a treatment group and a control group ) are calculable and hence can be managed down to an acceptable level.

The key characteristic of modern machine guns, their relatively high rate of fire and more importantly machine ( automatic ) loading, came with the Model 1862 Gatling gun, which was adopted by the United States Navy.

Representing a state abroad is seen by many scholars as the key characteristic of a head of state.

Because the key distinguishing characteristic Marsh noted for Pteranodon was its lack of teeth, any toothless pterosaur jaw fragment, wherever it was found in the world, tended to be attributed to Pteranodon during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

There were serious scientific objections to the process of natural selection as the key mechanism of evolution, including Karl von Nägeli's insistence that a trivial characteristic with no adaptive advantage could not be developed by selection.

The key characteristic, however, is being dedicated to handle a particular task.

( This is the same as the old use of the terms " ring " and " algebra " in measure theory ) ( Also note that, when a Boolean ring has an identity, then a complement operation becomes definable on it, and a key characteristic of the modern definitions of both Boolean algebra and sigma-algebra is that they have complement operations.

The key characteristic of predation however is the predator's direct impact on the prey population.

A key characteristic of organic farming is the rejection of genetically engineered plants and animals.

A key characteristic of the grid pattern is that any and all streets are equally accessible to traffic ( non-hierarchical ) and could be chosen at will as alternative routes to a destination.

Colour is also a significant feature, and the uniform palette of pale cream is a key characteristic of the village.

This is also a key characteristic of improvised dancing.

The key characteristic of Dorman-Smith's career is that he was not politically astute and made a number of enemies in the 1920s and 1930s who subsequently worked against him-including Penney, Montgomery and, most significantly in view of his fall from grace, Alan Brooke: " I had been worried for some time by Auchinleck's handling of armoured formations, mainly due to his listening to the advice of " Chink " Dorman-Smith.

It suggests that the key recognizable characteristic of a concept of holism is a sense of the fundamental truth of any particular experience.

A recurrent characteristic is the usage of major-only chord sequences ( Sweet Euphoria, Pretty Noose ), which also leads to more subtle key changes.

The density differences result in rising and / or falling currents, a key characteristic of a convection cell.

In addition to this military aspect, to be a hoplite was a key characteristic of Greek citizenship.

Continuity is a key characteristic of primary care, as patients usually prefer to consult the same practitioner for routine check-ups and preventive care, health education, and every time they require an initial consultation about a new health problem.

Granulomatous inflammation is characterized primarily by accumulation of monocytes, macrophages and activated T-lymphocytes, with increased production of key inflammatory mediators, TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, and IL-12, characteristic of a Th1-polarized response ( T-helper lymphocyte-1 response ).

CAs are characteristic of many public key infrastructure ( PKI ) schemes.

The key word in my plays is ' perhaps ' ''.

We know that much is made of the multiplicity and ambiguity of the identities that cluster around the key symbol of the Jew.

The symposium provides an opportunity to confront the self with specific statements which were made at particular times by identifiable communicators who were addressing definite audiences -- and throughout several hundred pages everyone is talking about the same key symbol of identification.

This is the key fact emerging from Sunday's national election.

But the key revelation is not new.

A romantic is one who thinks the world is divinely inspired and all he has to do is find the right key, and then divine justice and altruism will appear.

The long-range objective is to bring about consolidation of ownership through use of land exchange authority and through purchase on a moderate scale of inholdings which comprise key tracts for recognized National Forest programs such as recreation development, or which are a source of damage to lands in National Forests and National Grasslands.

otherwise, you'll have to spend a few minutes to either attach a suitable spring clip somewhere on the press head or fit the key to a length of light chain and fasten to the bottom of the motor mount so that the key is out of the way when not in use.

The key to effective marketing is wrapped up in defining your company's marketing problems realistically.

A new low capacity meter is the key that unlocks the situation at Oakwood Heights.

The phrasing is irregular, and the abrupt key changes have a primitive forcefulness.

Rangoni's first entrance is a musical shock, a sudden open fifth in a key totally unrelated to what has preceded it.

The key to the world of geology is change ; ;

I submit that this is the key problem of international relations, that it always has been, that it always will be.

The soldiers are fighting and the Americans are helping, he said, but in the fight against the Pathet Lao the key factor is the villager himself.

The key to Protestant development, therefore, is economic integration of the nucleus of the congregation.

I said `` Darn it, that's the automatic signal that shows when the ignition key is on.

And the key to the suite is still missing ''.

Mr. Schaefer also recommended that the snow emergency route plan, under which parking is banned on key streets and cars are required to use snow tires or chains on them, should be `` strictly enforced ''.

`` Convenience is therefore the key to the housing market today.

A publicity release from Oregon Physicians Service, of which Harvey is president, quoted him as saying the welfare office move to Salem, instead of `` crippling '' the agency, had provided an avenue to correct administrative weaknesses, with the key being improved communications between F & A and the commission staff.

Now a quiet-spoken, middle-aged man, Fiedler is an aeronautical engineer for Lockheed's Missiles and Space Division at Sunnyvale, where he played a key role in the development of the Navy's Polaris missile.