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Characteristic

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Noun

1. characteristic, feature

a prominent attribute or aspect of something

Example Sentences:
'the map showed roads and other features'
'generosity is one of his best characteristics'

2. characteristic

a distinguishing quality

3. characteristic

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

4. characteristic, device characteristic

any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions

Adjective

5. characteristic

typical or distinctive

Example Sentences:
'heard my friend's characteristic laugh'
'red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn'
'stripes characteristic of the zebra'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Characteristic

see synonyms of characteristic
noun
1. 
a distinguishing quality, attribute, or trait
2. mathematics
a. 
the integral part of a common logarithm, indicating the order of magnitude of the associated number
the characteristic of 2.4771 is 2
Compare mantissa
b. 
another name for exponent, used esp in number representation in computing
adjective
3. 
indicative of a distinctive quality, etc; typical

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Characteristic

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adjective
1. 
of or constituting the special character; typical; distinctive
the characteristic odor of cabbage
noun
2. 
a distinguishing trait, feature, or quality; peculiarity
3. 
the whole number, or integral part, of a logarithm, as distinguished from the mantissa
4 is the characteristic of the logarithm 4.7193

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Characteristic

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adj.
Being a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; distinctive: heard my friend's characteristic laugh; the stripes that are characteristic of the zebra.
n.
1. A feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait.
2. Mathematics The integral part of a logarithm as distinguished from the mantissa: The characteristic of the logarithm 6.3214 is 6.
3. Mathematics The least number of times the multiplicative identity in a ring needs to be added to itself to reach the additive identity, or, if the additive identity is never reached, zero. The integers have a characteristic of zero; the integers modulo 12 have a characteristic of 12.

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