English to English
behavior
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noun (n)
- the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances(noun.state)Example:
The behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments.
source: wordnet30 - (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people(noun.attribute)source: wordnet30
- (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle.(noun)source: webster1913