Properties

[sambob]

I apologise in advance because I know this is so obvious to most people but......when you are asked to describe the properties of something, what exactly is meant by this?

[Quizmonster]

A 'property' in this sense is a 'characteristic' or 'quality'. Here is a sentence I lifted from a scientific web-page...
"One of the properties of water is its reluctance to condense or crystalize without some nucleii present for that purpose."
That describes one aspect or characteristic of water.

[sambob]

Thanks Quizmonster,

I quite often find the terminology in essays a lot harder than the actual writing!!

Thanks again