description

  1. Noun.  A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
  2. Noun.  The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
  3. Noun.  A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
  4. Noun.  (biology) A scientific documentation of a specimen intended to reveal a new species by technically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.