Characterization (disambiguation)
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Characterization or characterisation may refer to:
- CharacterisationCharacterisationCharacterization or characterisation is the art of creating characters for a narrative, including the process of conveying information about them. It may be employed in dramatic works of art or everyday conversation...
of a character in a narrative or dramatic work of art - Characterisation (conflict)Characterisation (conflict)In conflict of laws, characterisation is the second stage in the procedure to resolve a lawsuit involving a foreign law element. This process is described in English law as classification and as qualification in French law...
, a procedure to resolve a lawsuit - Characterization (mathematics)Characterization (mathematics)In mathematics, the statement that "Property P characterizes object X" means, not simply that X has property P, but that X is the only thing that has property P. It is also common to find statements such as "Property Q characterises Y up to isomorphism". The first type of statement says in...
, a concept in mathematics - Characterization (materials science)Characterization (materials science)Characterization, when used in materials science, refers to the use of external techniques to probe into the internal structure and properties of a material...
, the use of external techniques to probe into the internal structure and properties of a material - Characterization (in bacteriology), a technique used to identify a bacterial species, study its features, strain properties and systematically name it according to International Code of Nomenclature of BacteriaInternational Code of Nomenclature of BacteriaThe International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria or Bacteriological Code governs the scientific names for bacteria, including Archaea. It denotes the rules for naming taxa of bacteria, according to their relative rank...
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