| psychological feature | a feature of the mental life of a living organism |
choice
selection
option
pick | the act of choosing or selecting, your choice of colors was unfortunate, you can take your pick |
twin bill
doubleheader
double feature | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) |
| feature | an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles |
feature
lineament | the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin, an expression of pleasure crossed his features, his lineaments were very regular |
choice
pick
selection | the person or thing chosen or selected, he was my pick for mayor |
| sample | a small part of something intended as representative of the whole |
| grab sample | a single sample or measurement taken at a specific time or over as short a period as feasible |
| random sample | a sample grabbed at random |
feature
characteristic | a prominent attribute or aspect of something, the map showed roads and other features, generosity is one of his best characteristics |
feature of speech
feature | (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind |
attraction
attractor
attracter
attractive feature
magnet | a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts, flowers are an attractor for bees |
peculiarity
distinctive feature
distinguishing characteristic | an odd or unusual characteristic |
| safety feature | feature of an artifact that is added to insure a user's safety |
sample distribution
sample sampling | items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population |
| random sample | a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected |
stratified sample
representative sample
proportional sample | the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum |
| feature feature article | a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine, they ran a feature on retirement planning |
excerpt
excerption
extract
selection | a passage selected from a larger work, he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings |
feature
feature film | the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater, the feature tonight is `Casablanca' |
| selection | an assortment of things from which a choice can be made, the store carried a large selection of shoes |
| sample | all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class |
survival
survival of the fittest
natural selection
selection | a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment |
sample
try
try out
taste | take a sample of, Try these new crackers, Sample the regional dishes |
have
feature | have as a feature, This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France |
sport
feature boast | wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner, she was sporting a new hat |