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behavior - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'behavior' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Behavior [ n.]
- Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle.

Meaning of 'behavior' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . behavior [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
Example in sentence:
  • the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments