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character [n][en]
 
1)the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer
    Synonyms :fiber fibre caráter fibra carácter характер 字符 волокно 纤维 carattere caractère charakter 캐릭터 fibres faser 섬유 섬유질 光ファイバ 繊維 
    See Also: trait  personality  spirit  thoughtfulness  responsibility  integrity 
 
2)a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"
    Synonyms :lineament quality caráter lineamento carácter характер 字符 lineamiento очертания 线性构造 carattere caractère charakter 캐릭터 リニアメント linéament 생김새 
    See Also: attribute  characterise  characterise  qualify  texture 
 
3)an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
    Synonyms :part persona role theatrical_role caráter papel parte papel_teatral carácter характер 字符 части персона función_teatral 部分 假面 роль 角色 театральные_роли 戏剧角色 carattere caractère charakter 캐릭터 品番 ペルソナ 役割 演劇の役割 ruolo teatrale_ruolo teil rolle theater-rolle partie rôle théâtrale_rôle 부분 페르소나 역할 연극의_역할 
    See Also: characterization  impersonate  impersonate  be  bit_part  heavy  hero  ingenue  name_part  heroine  baddie 
 
4)a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability; "requests for character references are all to often answered evasively"
    Synonyms :character_reference reference caráter caráter_de_referência referência carácter de_referencia_de_carácter характер Характеристики 字符 字符引用 ссылка de_referencia 参考 carattere carattere_di_riferimento caractère signe_de_référence charakter leumundszeugnis hinweis 캐릭터 문자_참조 文字参照 参照 di_riferimento de_référence 
    See Also: good_word  characterise 
 
5)a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
    Synonyms :grapheme graphic_symbol caráter grafema símbolo_gráfico carácter характер 字符 графемы графический_символ 字形 图形符号 carattere caractère charakter 캐릭터 書記素 グラフィックシンボル simbolo_grafico graphem bildzeichen graphème symbole_graphique 그래픽_기호 
    See Also: printed_symbol  check_character  superior  inferior  ascii_character  ligature  capital  lower-case_letter  type  percent_sign  asterisk  dagger  dieses  blank  phonetic_symbol  mathematical_symbol  rune  pictograph  ideogram  radical  stenograph 
 
6)an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"
    Synonyms :fictional_character fictitious_character caráter personagem personagem_fictício carácter характер 字符 personaje_de_ficción personaje_ficticio вымышленный_персонаж фиктивный_характер 虚构人物 carattere caractère charakter 캐릭터 carattere_fittizio fittizia_carattere personnage_fictif romanfigur fiktiven_charakter 허구의_캐릭터 架空の人物 
    See Also: imaginary_being  argonaut  babar  beatrice  beowulf  bluebeard  bond  bunyan  john_henry  cheshire_cat  chicken_little  cinderella  colonel_blimp  dracula  don_quixote  el_cid  fagin  falstaff  father_brown  faust  frankenstein  frankenstein  goofy  gulliver  hamlet  captain_horatio_hornblower  iago  commissaire_maigret  kilroy  king_lear  lilliputian  marlowe  micawber  mother_goose  mr._moto  othello  pangloss  pantaloon  perry_mason  peter_pan  pierrot  pluto  huck_finn  ruritanian  tarzan  tom_sawyer  uncle_tom  uncle_sam  holmes  simon_legree  sinbad  snoopy  emile  houyhnhnm  little_john  little_red_ricing_hood  raskolnikov  robin_hood  robinson_crusoe  rumpelstiltskin  shylock  tristan  iseult  scaramouch  svengali  sweeney_todd  trilby  walter_mitty  yahoo  arthur  galahad  gawain  guenevere  lancelot  merlin 
 
7)a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
    Synonyms :case eccentric type estojo caráter caso carácter случай 案例 характер 字符 печатать 类型 cas carattere caractère charakter 사례 캐릭터 種類 tipo_____digitare typ 유형 
    See Also: type  epitomise 
 
8)good repute; "he is a man of character"
    Synonyms :caráter carácter характер 字符 carattere caractère charakter 캐릭터 
    See Also: reputation 
 
character [v][en]
 
1)engrave or inscribe characters on
    Synonyms :caráter carácter характер 字符 carattere caractère charakter 캐릭터 
    See Also: engrave 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

An atom in a character repertoire.

Compare with glyph.

(1998-10-18)








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