As with any art form, the exact characteristics of a short story will vary by author.

Disease in a new host may not mimic the exact characteristics of the disease in its original host, he said.

His double nodded with the exact characteristic of expression that everyone had become accustomed to with the real Pucky.

(The exact characteristics of the spermalege vary widely across different species of bed bugs.)

Linguists do not agree on the precise definition of a cline or on its exact characteristics in given instances.

However, its exact characteristics are difficult to constrain because the characteristics of the host star are not well known.

The exact characteristics vary greatly with the type of electric motor.

The uranium oxide was reportedly labeled as "U-235", which may have been a mislabeling of the submarine's name; its exact characteristics remain unknown.

But "companies are being very selective," he added, "requiring four or five interviews, and they're looking for exact characteristics."

The exact characteristics and origins of modern architecture are still open to interpretation and debate.