noun
attribute
uh-TRIB-yoot/ˈætrʌbjˌut/
A quality or feature of someone or something.
Color is the attribute that distinguishes these otherwise identical cups.
Etymology
The pieces convey assigning something to someone. An attribute was a quality ascribed to a person, which connects the act of assigning with a feature regarded as belonging to that person.
In context
It's got special properties to treat it like a button. It's got a disabled attribute that you can apply that actually affects the rendering of this element.
More examples
- The software stores each item's color as an attribute.
- He listed the building's most unusual attributes.
- Reliability is the attribute customers value most.
Forms
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