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• n  a graphic or vivid verbal description
  the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters
• n  the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
  the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd
• n  acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

• Whether it was considered a real movie with explicit sex scenes, or a series of stag-reel exertions with a modicum of plot and characterization added, Mona created the blueprint for .
• While looking for small genetic variances between the two species, Pbo made headlines again with his characterization of the FOXp2 gene, thought to be associated with language .
• Several years earlier, the Army had officially excised the term as an unfavorable characterization derived from the designation "government issue.

• word picture
• word-painting
• delineation
• depiction
• picture
• characterisation
• portrayal
• enactment
• personation

News & Articles

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• Life Technologies Launches Industry's First Stem Cell Characterization Panel
  CARLSBAD, Calif., June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --   Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today launched the TaqMan® hPSC Scorecard™ Panel , a first-of-its-kind characterization assay that establishes ...
  June 12, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Precision LCR Meter is available with 3 frequency options.
  While mainly used for component characterization at component manufacturers and for component evaluation at electronic equipment manufacturers, E4980AL can also be used in material measurement applications typically found in research and development as well as education. Versions include E4980AL-030/-050/-100, which respectively cover frequency ranges from 20 Hz to 300 kHz, 500 kHz, and 1 MHz ...
  June 12, 2013 - ThomasNet
• Scarborough Clashes With Matthews, Tears Into Critics Who Deemed Bush ‘Devil’ For Programs Obama Expanded
  The Morning Joe set got heated on Wednesday as Chris Matthews sparred with Joe Scarborough over his characterization of the government (during an NSA discussion). As Scarborough countered Matthews' civics lesson, he further railed against all those who find the surveillance issue "complicated" now but were quick to label President George W. Bush the "devil."
  June 12, 2013 - Mediaite

Quotes

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• Arlen Specter in New York Times
  We have to evaluate whether you are really being forthright,Mr. Specter said. "Your characterization of your participation is significantly, if not totally, at variance with the facts."
• Dana Perino in Forbes
  I do take issue with the characterization that we were smooching but surely if that were the case then even I admit it might be newsworthy in some fashion. Certainly, the time will come when I do see another woman. I expect Camille to see other... Kelsey Grammer http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGpH1bYU_9NVABppPqzJPPQW9P-yA Access Hollywood http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/kelsey-grammer-slams-malicious-and-unfounded-rumors-about-estranged-wife-and-kids_article_34223&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNECblG1c1x8JxeN63-0xKeypDJMww Jul 6, 2010 16711 23252 characterization White House spokeswoman Dana Perino called it an unfortunate characterization" to say Bush was using Walter Reed as merely a picture-taking opportunity.