A feature is a distinct property or piece, which may refer to:
Science and technology
- Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing characteristic of a software item (in performance, portability, or - especially - functionality)
- Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob
- Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch
- Features (pattern recognition), in statistics: individual measurable properties of the phenomena being observed
- Feature data, in geographic information systems, comprise information about an entity with a geographic location
- Features (audio signal processing) aim to capture specific aspects of audio signals in a numeric way
Media
- Feature film, a film intended for initial distribution in theaters
- A feature story is a piece of journalistic writing that covers a selected issue in-depth
- Radio documentary (feature), a radio program devoted to covering a particular topic in some depth, usually with a mixture of commentary and sound pictures
Linguistics
- Feature (linguistics), a property of a class of linguistic items which describes individual members of that class
- Distinctive feature, the most basic unit of structure that can be analyzed by phonetics and phonology
Other uses