commonality

  1. Noun.  The common people; the commonalty.
  2. Noun.  The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
  3. Noun.  Such a shared attribute or characteristic.
  4. Noun.  (context, telecommunication) A quality that applies to materiel or systems: (a) possessing like and interchangeable parts or characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained in common; (b) having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; (c) applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment. .

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