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characteristic   (TTS Sound)

The noun characteristic has 4 senses

• feature, characteristic -- (a prominent attribute or aspect of something; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics")


• characteristic -- (a distinguishing quality)


• characteristic -- (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 characteristic -- (any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions)

The adj characteristic has 1 sense

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