Search Result:characteristic
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˏkærIktәˋrIstIk 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˏkæriktәˊristik 〕
Overview of noun characteristic
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)
Overview of adj characteristic
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")