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Definition of: characteristic

(kar′ik·tə·ris′tik) adjective
1. Distinguishing or contributing to distinguish; marking; characterizing; showing the character, traits, and disposition of; typical.
2. Constituting or pertaining to the character. See synonyms under PARTICULAR.
—noun
1. A distinctive feature; peculiarity.
2. The integral part of a logarithm; index.
—char′ac·ter·is′·ti·cal adjective
—char′ac·ter·is′ti·cal·ly adverb Synonyms (noun): attribute, character, distinction, feature, indication, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, sign, singularity, trace, trait. Compare ATTRIBUTE, CHARACTER, MARK.

Most often used phrases:

defining characteristic
characteristic features
characteristic feature
euler characteristic
characteristic polynomial
distinguishing characteristic
characteristic function
important characteristic
main characteristic
common characteristic
characteristic impedance
notable characteristic
unique characteristic
non defining characteristic
characteristic heart shaped

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"characteristic" has the frequency of use of 0.0005% on city-data.com forum

"characteristic" has the frequency of use of 0.0021% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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