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=Definition=
=[[Definition]]=
A characteristic is a distinguishing feature.<ref name="ref1">ISO 9000 (2015). Quality management systems – Fundamentals and vocabulary. Delft: Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut.</ref>
A characteristic is a distinguishing feature of an [[object]]. <ref name="ref2"> ISO 9000 (2015). Quality management systems – Fundamentals and vocabulary. https://www.iso.org/standard/45481.html</ref>


=Classification=
=[[Generic relation]]s=
* Feature


Sub classes of characteristics are:
=[[Subordinate concept]]s=


- physical characteristics (e.g. mechanical, electrical, chemical or biological characteristics);  
===A===
[[Subordinate concept]]s are:
* Physical characteristics (e.g. mechanical, electrical, chemical or biological characteristics);
* Sensory characteristics (e.g. related to smell, touch, taste, sight, hearing);
* Behavioural characteristics (e.g. courtesy, honesty, veracity);
* Temporal characteristics (e.g. punctuality, reliability, availability, continuity);
* Ergonomic characteristics (e.g. physiological characteristic, or related to human safety);
* Functional characteristics (e.g. maximum speed of an car).


- sensory characteristics (e.g. related to smell, touch, taste, sight, hearing);
===B===
[[Subordinate concept]]s are:


- behavioural characteristics (e.g. courtesy, honesty, veracity);
* [[Qualitative characteristic]]s (e.g., clarity)
* [[Quantitative characteristic]]s (e.g., length)


- temporal characteristics (e.g. punctuality, reliability, availability, continuity);
===C===
[[Subordinate concept]]s are:


- ergonomic characteristics (e.g. physiological characteristic, or related to human safety);
* Inherent characteristics (e.g., accuracy)
* Assigned characteristic (e.g., price)


- functional characteristics (e.g. maximum speed of an car).
=[[Associative relation]]s=
[[Associative relation]]s are:
* A characteristic is always associated with an [[object]].  
* A combination of a characteristic and an [[object]] is a [[focus area]]. For example the accuracy (characteristic) of data ([[object]]).


=See also=
=See also=
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[[Property]]
[[Property]]


=[[Reference]]s=


 
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=Notes=
 
- A characteristic can be inherent or assigned.
 
- A characteristic can be qualitative or quantitative.
 
- A qualitative characteristic if often expressed an independentised adjective. For example the adjective is 'complete'and the characteristic is 'completeness'.
 
==Relations=
A characteristic is always associated with a [[thing]].
 
A characteristics can have a value. For example the colour (characteristic) of the car is red (value).
 
=Examples=
A
 
Ability to …| Acceptability | Accessibility | Accountability | Accuracy | Adaptability | Adaptivity| Added value | Adjustability | Affection | Affinity | Affordability | Aimed towards … | Analysability | Anointability | Anticipative capacity | Appealing | Applicability | Approachability | Appropriateness | Attainability | Attractiveness | Authenticity | Authority to … | Autonomy | Availability | Avoidability | Awareness.
 
B
 
Beauty
 
C
 
Capability | Carefulness | Changeability | Clarity | Clearness | Coherence | Cohesion | Collaboration-oriented | Comfort | Comparability | Compatibility | Competence | Competitiveness | Completeness | Complexity | Compliance with ... | Comprehensibility | Conceivability | Confidentiality | Congruity | Connection with … | Consistency | Containability | Continuity | Contradictability | Controllability | Coping ability | Correctness | Courage | Coverage | Creativity | Credibility | Creditworthiness | Customer focus | Customer-friendliness.
 
D
 
Decisiveness | Dedication | Demonstrability | Dependency | Depth | Desirability | Discretion | Disputability | Diversity | Divisibility | Downgradability | Duality | Dynamic
 
E
 
Ease. e.g., Ease of operation | Effectiveness | Efficiency | Employability | Energy | Enthusiasm | Environmental friendliness | Equality | Equivalence | Exchangeability | Exclusivity | Expandability | Explanatory power | Expressiveness
 
F
 
Fairness | Faithfulness Falsifiability | Familiarity | Fastidiousness | Faultlessness | Feasibility | Fertility | Findability | Fit in-capacity | Flawlessness | Flexibility | Freshness | Friendliness | Full-fledgedness | Functionality | Future-proofness/
 
H
 
Habitability | Hackability | Health | Helpfulness | Heterogeneousness | Homogeneity | Honesty | Human orientation
 
I
 
Identifiability | Immunity, e.g., to stress | Impartiality | Importance | Independency | Influentialness | Innovative capacity | Innovativeness | Installability | Integrity | Intensity | Interpretability | Inventiveness | Involvement
 
L
 
Lawfulness | Learnability | Learning capacity | Legality | Legitimacy | Linkability | Loyalty
 
M
 
Maintainability | Manageability | Manoeuvrability | Market orientation | Maturity | Measurability | Mobility | Modifiability | Modificational capacity | Motivational capacity | Multiformity |
 
N
 
Naturalness | Neatness | Necessity | Negotiability | Network competence
 
O
 
Objectivity | Obligingness | Openness | Operability | Operation | Operational safety
 
P
 
Perceptibility | Performance | Perseverance | Persuasiveness | Pertness | Planability | Plausibility | Policy relevance | Portability | Potential | Power | Precision | Predictability | Predictive power | Preparedness to … | Presence | 
Prevalence | Professionalism | Profitability | Progress | Promptness | Proportionality | Protectability | Punctuality | Purchasing power | Pureness | Purposiveness
 
R
 
Range | Rareness | Reaction time | Readability | Reasonableness |
Recognisability
Recovery time
Redundancy
Relatability
Relevance
Reliability
Reliability
Reliability of supply
Reparability
Repeatability
Replaceability
Representativeness
Reproducibility
Resource behaviour
Resourcefulness
Response rate
Responsibility
Responsibility sense
Responsiveness
Result-oriented
Reusability
Riskiness
Robustness
S
Safety
Sanctionability
Satisfaction
Scientific in nature
Scope
Selectivity
Self-confidence
Self-insight
Sensitivity
Servitude
Shallowness
Sharpness
Shrewdness
Simplicity
Simultaneousness
Sincerity
Single-mindedness
Skilfulness
Speed
Sportsmanship
Stability
Steadiness
Straightforwardness
Strength
Structure
Subsidiarity
Sufficiency
Surveyability
Sustainability
Symmetry
Synergy level
T
Tenability
Tenaciousness
Tendency towards …
Testability
Thoroughness
Thoughtfulness
Timeliness
Topicality
Traceability
Transferability
Transitional rate
Transparency
U
Unambiguousness
Unavoidability
Uniformity
Uniqueness
Usability
Usefulness
V
Validity
Value
Value in use
Variance
Verifiability
Versatility
Visibility
Vitality
Voluntariness
Vulnerability
W
Well-foundedness
Wholeness
Willingness
Workability
 
Directly measurable attributes (primary quality)
Acceleration
Age
Capacity
Colour
Cost-effectiveness
Costs
Delivery time
Dimensions
Duration
Frequency
Height
Length
Life span
Output
Periodicity
Price
Profit
Quantity
Reaction time
Recovery time
Response time
Size
Speed
Turnover
Volume
Weight
Width
 
=References=

Latest revision as of 14:14, 30 December 2022

Definition

A characteristic is a distinguishing feature of an object. [1]

Generic relations

  • Feature

Subordinate concepts

A

Subordinate concepts are:

  • Physical characteristics (e.g. mechanical, electrical, chemical or biological characteristics);
  • Sensory characteristics (e.g. related to smell, touch, taste, sight, hearing);
  • Behavioural characteristics (e.g. courtesy, honesty, veracity);
  • Temporal characteristics (e.g. punctuality, reliability, availability, continuity);
  • Ergonomic characteristics (e.g. physiological characteristic, or related to human safety);
  • Functional characteristics (e.g. maximum speed of an car).

B

Subordinate concepts are:

C

Subordinate concepts are:

  • Inherent characteristics (e.g., accuracy)
  • Assigned characteristic (e.g., price)

Associative relations

Associative relations are:

  • A characteristic is always associated with an object.
  • A combination of a characteristic and an object is a focus area. For example the accuracy (characteristic) of data (object).

See also

Property

References

  1. ISO 9000 (2015). Quality management systems – Fundamentals and vocabulary. https://www.iso.org/standard/45481.html