Sentence examples for its defining attribute from inspiring English sources

And it may be that natural classes or kinds are themselves universals it may be that there is such a thing as "the horse" or the species Equus caballus, distinct from its defining attribute "being a horse" or "equinity", and in some sense "present in" each horse.

His love of Yiddishkeit, anything Jewish, was his defining attribute.

Mr. Eltife's colleagues in the Legislature cite his independent streak as one of his defining attributes as a senator.

Achilles' defining attribute — it's the first word of the Iliad — is mēnin, usually translated as "wrath" or "rage".

Even though the government has reportedly blocked Twitter.com, a defining attribute of Twitter is that it is an open system in that it allows a wide diversity of external tools and sites to read from and write to its service through its programming interface.

Another defining attribute of an object's orbit around the Sun is its inclination, which is the angle that it makes with the plane of Earth's orbit the ecliptic plane.

The RISC chip design, experts say, was a striking example of Mr. Cocke's defining attribute.

That awareness of others' perceptions is a defining attribute of a high potential.

Some dancers have a defining attribute: Sylvie Guillem's ear-high extensions, Alina Cojocaru's airy delicacy, Natalia Osipova's enormous jump.

Of course the problem with most musicals today is that words as the genre's defining attribute have lost their primacy.

In business, as a candidate and now as president, Mr. Trump has valued loyalty as the defining attribute in family, aides or Republicans in Congress.