Characteristic

noun
,kærɪktə'rɪstɪk

Adjective

  • typical or distinctive

    “heard my friend's characteristic laugh”

    “red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn”

    “stripes characteristic of the zebra”

    See also:Typical

Noun

  • a prominent attribute or aspect of something

    “generosity is one of his best characteristics”

    Similar:Feature
    Type of:AttributePropertyDimension

  • any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions

    Type of:Property

  • a distinguishing quality

    Type of:Quality

  • the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2

    Type of:Integer

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