commonality

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒm.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɑ.məˈnæl.ə.ti/, [-ɾi] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌkɔm.əˈnæl.ə.ti/, [-ɾi] === Etymology 1 === From common +‎ -ality. ==== Noun ==== commonality (countable and uncountable, plural commonalities) The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics. Such a shared attribute or characteristic (telecommunications) A quality that applies to materiel or systems: (a) possessing like and interchangeable parts or characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained in common; (b) having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; (c) applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment. 2003, NASA, Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Transcript, transcript of radio communication, ===== Synonyms ===== (shared characteristic): commonship ===== Antonyms ===== noncommonality ===== Translations ===== ===== References ===== (telecommunication)Federal Standard 1037C (telecommunication)MIL-STD-188 === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle English comunalite, remodelling of comunalte (modern English commonalty) as if from a putative Medieval Latin *commūnālitās. ==== Noun ==== commonality (countable and uncountable, plural commonalities) (obsolete) The common people; the commonalty. === Anagrams === climatonomy