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description

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  1. type                  
 
de.scrip.tion \di-'skrip-sh*n\ n [ME descripcioun, fr. MF & L; MF 
   description, fr. L description-], descriptio, fr. descriptus, pp. of 
   describere 1a: an act of describing; specif : discourse intended to give a 
   men tal image of something experienced (as a scene, person, or sensation) 
   1b: a descriptive statement or account  2: kind or character esp. as 
   determined by salient features