What does characteristic mean?
Definitions for characteristic
ˌkær ɪk təˈrɪs tɪkchar·ac·ter·is·tic
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word characteristic.
Princeton's WordNet
feature, characteristicnoun
a prominent attribute or aspect of something
"the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics"
characteristicnoun
a distinguishing quality
characteristicnoun
the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
characteristic, device characteristicadjective
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
characteristicadjective
typical or distinctive
"heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra"
Wiktionary
characteristicnoun
a distinguishable feature of a person or thing
characteristicnoun
the integer part of a logarithm
characteristicnoun
the distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc)
characteristicnoun
The minimum number of times that the unit of a field must be added unto itself in order to yield that field's zero, or, if that minimum natural number does not exist, then (the integer) zero.
characteristicadjective
being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing
Etymology: From χαρακτηριστικός, from χαρακτηρίζω, from χαρακτήρ.
Webster Dictionary
Characteristicadjective
pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive
Characteristicnoun
a distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized
Characteristicnoun
the integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm
Etymology: [Gr. : cf. F. charactristique.]
Freebase
Characteristic
In mathematics, the characteristic of a ring R, often denoted char, is defined to be the smallest number of times one must use the ring's multiplicative identity element in a sum to get the additive identity element; the ring is said to have characteristic zero if this repeated sum never reaches the additive identity. That is, char is the smallest positive number n such that if such a number n exists, and 0 otherwise. The characteristic may also be taken to be the exponent of the ring's additive group, that is, the smallest positive n such that for every element a of the ring. Some authors do not include the multiplicative identity element in their requirements for a ring, and this definition is suitable for that convention; otherwise the two definitions are equivalent due to the distributive law in rings.
Editors Contribution
characteristic
A specific quality.
The characteristics were so clear, she was so honest.
Submitted by MaryC on March 4, 2020
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'characteristic' in Nouns Frequency: #904
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'characteristic' in Adjectives Frequency: #691
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of characteristic in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of characteristic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of characteristic in a Sentence
It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.
This has been characteristic of Donald Trump and Putin the times they've met. We still don't know what they discussed in Finland.
The tombs with non-Egyptian burial customs were especially intriguing typically males buried with bronze weaponry in constructed tombs, without scarabs or other protective amulets like Egyptians would have been buried with, the most elite had equids of some sort (potentially donkeys) buried outside the tombs, often in pairs as though ready to pull a chariot. This is both a foreign characteristic of burial style, but also suggestive of someone [with] very high status.
It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
I have been in the room with Vladimir Putin many times when I was working for President Obama. And whataboutism is always a characteristic of these summit meetings, that whataboutism is meant to engender cynicism, that nothing really matters, it's not worth even challenging this, that everybody's just as corrupt as everybody else.
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Translations for characteristic
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- مميز, صفةArabic
- характерен, отличителна черта, отличителенBulgarian
- বৈশিষ্ট্যBengali
- característica, característicCatalan, Valencian
- charakteristický, charakteristika, vlastnostCzech
- karakteristikum, karakteristik, karakteristikon, kendemærkeDanish
- Eigenart, Kenngröße, charakteristisch, Kennwert, typisch, Eigenschaft, bezeichnend, Merkmal, Charakteristik, kennzeichnendGerman
- χαρακτηριστικός, χαρακτηριστικόGreek
- karakteriza, karakteriziloEsperanto
- característica, característicoSpanish
- مشخصهPersian
- karakteristika, luonteenomainen, tunnusmerkki, ominainen, tunnusomainen, erityispiirre, tuntomerkkiFinnish
- caractéristiques, caractéristiqueFrench
- aitreabúidIrish
- característica, característicoGalician
- סממןHebrew
- विHindi
- characteristicInterlingua
- ciriIndonesian
- distingiva, karakteriziva, karakterizivo, karakteristiko, traito, proprajoIdo
- caratteristico, caratteristicaItalian
- מאפייןHebrew
- 特性, 特徴Japanese
- დამახასიათებელიGeorgian
- 특성Korean
- tūāhuaMāori
- kenmerkend, karakteristiek, idiosyncratisch, trekjeDutch
- cecha, charakterystycznyPolish
- característica, característicoPortuguese
- caracteristică, caracteristicRomanian
- типи́чный, характерная черта, отличи́тельный, характе́рный, характеристика, особенность, отличительная черта, чертаRussian
- osobina, značajkaSerbo-Croatian
- karakteristikëAlbanian
- karakteristik, karakteristisk, karakteristikum, kännetecknandeSwedish
- 特点Chinese
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