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trait

  [treyt; Brit. also trey] ,
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–noun
1. a distinguishing characteristic or quality, esp. of one's personal nature: bad traits of character.
2. a pen or pencil stroke.
3. a stroke, touch, or strain, as of some quality: a trait of pathos; a trait of ready wit.
Origin:
1470–80; < MF: lit., something drawn < L tractus. See tract 1

Synonyms:
1. peculiarity, mark, attribute, property.
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trait   (trāt)   
n.  
  1. A distinguishing feature, as of a person's character. See Synonyms at quality.
  2. A genetically determined characteristic or condition: a recessive trait.
    1. A stroke with or as if with a pencil.
    2. A slight degree or amount, as of a quality; a touch or trace: a sermon with a trait of humor.

[Middle English, shot, from Old French, something drawn, shot, from Latin tractus, a drawing out, line; see tract1.]
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trait   (trāt)  Pronunciation Key 
A genetically determined characteristic or condition. Traits may be physical, such as hair color or leaf shape, or they may be behavioral, such as nesting in birds and burrowing in rodents. Traits typically result from the combined action of several genes, though some traits are expressed by a single gene.
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