characteristic
IPA: kɛrʌktɝˈɪstɪk
noun
- A distinguishing feature of a person or thing, a part of mental or physical behavior.
- (mathematics) The integer part of a logarithm.
- (nautical) The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).
- (algebra, field theory, ring theory) For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.
adjective
- Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
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Examples of "characteristic" in Sentences
- It has a lightproof characteristic.
- This is characteristic of the phylum.
- The modesty was characteristic of him.
- It is used to identify the characteristic.
- The operating characteristics are abysmal.
- The equilibrium payoff of is characteristic.
- They characteristically migrate with the seasons.
- These are the characteristics of the dam and the reservoir.
- The personhood of God is one of the characteristic features of monotheism.
- The Assamese language has the following characteristic morphological features.