n, pl  -ties  :  a special or distinguishing attribute: as  a  :  TIMBRE  b  :  the attribute of an elementary sensation that makes it fundamentally unlike any other sensation  c  :  the character of an X-ray beam that determines its penetrating power and is dependent upon its wavelength distribution .
 
 
 
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