commonalities

commonalities is the plural of commonality.

Meaning of commonality

commonality (countable and uncountable, plural commonalities)

The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
- Zunin sold the idea to his military superiors in the fearful jargon of his profession: "In a situation where commonality of loss of the husband is present, the group can be exceedingly supportive."25 June 1969, “Second life for war widows”, in Time
Such a shared attribute or characteristic

Synonyms:

commonship
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.
- KLING: FYI I've just lost four separate temperature transducers on the left side of the vehicle, hydraulic return temperatures. (pause) Two of them on system one and one in each of systems 2 and 3.
  CAIN: Four hyd return temps?
  KLING: To the left outboard and left inboard elevons.
  CAIN: OK, is there...2003, NASA, Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Transcript, transcript of radio communication

commonality (countable and uncountable, plural commonalities)

What is commonalities the plural of?: Commonalities is the plural of commonality.

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