Characterization (disambiguation)

Characterization or characterisation may refer to:

• Characterisation of a character in a narrative or dramatic work of art
• Characterization (bacteriology), a technique used to identify a bacterial species, study its features, strain properties and systematically name it according to International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria.
• Characterisation (conflict), a procedure to resolve a lawsuit
• Characterization (mathematics), a concept in mathematics
• Characterization (materials science), the use of external techniques to probe into the internal structure and properties of a material