Title: kind-of-nominal-property
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - kind-of-nominal-property
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.09980
Status: current

Definition
Defining aspect, common to mutually comparable nominal properties.

Note
"Kind-of-nominal-property" is sometimes termed "attribute", but not here.

Examples
1) Colour at a specified lighting.
2) Sequence variation.
3) Taxon.
4) Shape.

Related Terms
- Taxon: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/09982
- nominal properties: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/09979

Source
- PAC, 2018, 90, 913. 'Vocabulary on nominal property, examination, and related concepts for clinical laboratory sciences (IFCC-IUPAC Recommendations 2017)' on page 916 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2011-0613)

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Citation: Citation: 'kind-of-nominal-property' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.09980
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