Understanding the meaning of characteristic

characteristic

/,kærɪktə'rɪstɪk/

noun
a prominent attribute or aspect of something
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"generosity is one of his best characteristics"

Similar:

feature

type of:
attribute property dimension
noun
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
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device characteristic

type of:
property
noun
a distinguishing quality
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type of:
quality

part of:
nature
noun
the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
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type of:
whole number integer
adjective
typical or distinctive
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"heard my friend's characteristic laugh" "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn" "stripes characteristic of the zebra"

Similar:

peculiar symptomatic typical diagnostic distinctive

Opposite:

uncharacteristic

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