Usually means: Characteristic distinguishing one individual entity.
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We found 45 dictionaries that define the word trait:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. trait: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. trait: Merriam-Webster
  3. trait: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. trait: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. trait: Collins English Dictionary
  6. trait: Vocabulary.com
  7. Trait, Trait, Trait, trait, trait: Wordnik
  8. trait: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. trait: Wiktionary
  10. trait: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. trait: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. trait: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. trait: Dictionary.com
  14. trait: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. trait: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Trait (album), Trait (biological), Trait (biology), Trait (computer programming), Trait (computer science), Trait (disambiguation), Trait: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Trait: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. trait: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. trait: Rhymezone
  20. trait, trait (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. trait: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. trait: FreeDictionary.org
  23. trait: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. trait: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. trait (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Trait (disambiguation), trait: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. trait: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. trait: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Trait: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  6. Trait (disambiguation), trait: Medical dictionary
  7. Trait: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Trait: LITHICS-NET's Glossary of Lithics Terminology
  3. Trait: Biology dictionary
  4. trait: Evolution Glossary
  5. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  6. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Trait: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (biology, psychology) An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
noun:  (object-oriented programming) An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.

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