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characteristic

• (a) typical or distinctive
  • heard my friend's characteristic laugh
  • red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn
  • stripes characteristic of the zebra

Nouns

• (n) a prominent attribute or aspect of something
  • the map showed roads and other features
  • generosity is one of his best characteristics
  feature,
• (n) a distinguishing quality
• (n) the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
• (n) any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions device characteristic,

Synonyms

feature device characteristic

Antonyms

uncharacteristic

See also

typical

Words of close approximity