feature

Definitions

• (obsolete) One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.
• An important or main item.
• (media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
• Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
• (computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
• The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic.
• (archaeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
• (engineering) Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
• (statistics) An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed.
• (music) The act of being featured in a piece of music.
• (linguistics) The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.