Lastkarakteristikken

Lastkarakteristikken (the last characteristic) is a Norwegian term used in several disciplines to denote the final feature considered in a sequence of attributes or a concluding property used to characterize a subject. It is not a standardized technical term with a single definition; its meaning is defined by context, and the expression often appears in descriptive or analytic writing rather than formal notation.

In linguistics and language analysis, lastkarakteristikken may describe the final feature in a rule-based description of a word’s morphology or phonology, such as the last inflectional property specified in a description. In statistics and data analysis, the term can refer to the last variable selected in a feature-selection process or the final characteristic used to distinguish groups after analysis. In philosophy or theoretical discussions, the phrase is used metaphorically to indicate the concluding property that suffices to differentiate a concept from related ones.

Etymology: the term is a compound of the Norwegian words last ("last" or "final") and karakteristikk ("characteristic"), with the definite suffix -ken in karakteristikken.

See also: karakteristikk; feature selection; attribute; characteristic.