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Expressivity, expressiveness, and expressive power may refer to: Expressivity (genetics), variations in a phenotype among individuals carrying a particular genotype; Expressive loan, a type of loanword in phono-semantic matching; Expressive power (computer science) of a programming language; Expressive suppression, an aspect of emotion regulation
Expressivity is commonly seen in plants and can be regulated by complex interactions between the environment, hormonal signalling, and genetics. An example of expressivity in plants caused by a rare gene is the variation in the number of branches .
In computer science, the expressive power (also called expressiveness or expressivity) of a language is the breadth of ideas that can be represented and communicated in that language. The more expressive a language is, the greater the variety and quantity of ideas it can be used to represent.
In meta-ethics, expressivism is a theory about the meaning of moral language.According to expressivism [citation needed], sentences that employ moral terms – for example, "It is wrong to torture an innocent human being" – are not descriptive or fact-stating; moral terms such as "wrong", "good", or "just" do not refer to real, in-the-world properties.
Expression (linguistics), a word, phrase, or sentence; Expression (mathematics), Symbolic description of a mathematical object; Fixed expression, a form of words with a specific meaning; Idiom, a type of fixed expression; Metaphorical expression, a particular word, phrase, or form of words that has a different meaning than its literal form
The concept of phenotypic plasticity defines the degree to which an organism's phenotype is determined by its genotype. A high level of plasticity means that environmental factors have a strong influence on the particular phenotype that develops.
An emotional expression is a behavior that communicates an emotional state or attitude. It can be verbal or nonverbal, and can occur with or without self-awareness. ...
Speech is the use of the human voice as a medium for language. Spoken language combines vowel and consonant sounds to form units of meaning like words, which belong to a language's lexicon.