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1Feature — Fea ture (?; 135), n. [OE. feture form, shape, feature, OF. faiture fashion, make, fr. L. factura a making, formation, fr. facere, factum, to make. See {Feat}, {Fact}, and cf. {Facture}.] 1. The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the… …
2Feature — For featured articles in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Featured articles and featured article candidates For feature requests relating to the MediaWiki software which powers Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Bug reports and feature requests For featured topics …
3feature — I. noun Etymology: Middle English feture, from Anglo French, from Latin factura act of making, from factus, past participle of facere to make more at do Date: 14th century 1. a. the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person b.… …
4Feature selection — Feature selection, also known as variable selection, feature reduction, attribute selection or variable subset selection, is the technique, commonly used in machine learning, of selecting a subset of relevant features for building robust learning …
5Feature Driven Development — (FDD) is an iterative and incremental software development process. It is one of a number of Agile methods for developing software and forms part of the Agile Alliance. FDD blends a number of industry recognized best practices into a cohesive… …
6Feature interaction problem — Feature interaction is a phenomenon that occurs when functionality of a system (typically consisting of hardware or software) is added or removed. The term feature is used to denote an abstract unit of functionality that a system provides, and… …
7Feature-oriented positioning — (FOP)[1][2] is a method of precise movement of the scanning microscope probe across the surface under investigation. With this method, surface features (objects) are used as reference points for microscope probe attachment. Actually, FOP is a… …
8Feature-oriented scanning — (FOS)[1][2][3] is a method intended for high precision measurement of nanotopography as well as other surface properties and characteristics on a scanning probe microscope (SPM) using features (objects) of the surface as reference points of the… …
9Feature group — Feature Groups in United States telephone jargon were switching arrangements between Local exchange carriers central offices to interexchange carriers.Such an arrangement allowed the LEC s end users to make (long distance) phone calls using the… …
10Feature length — is a film term that refers to the length of a feature film. The definition of minimum length varies from 40 minutes (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rule) to about 90 minutes (the definition in… …
