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characteristic
adjective
noun
typical or distinctive
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adjective
typical or distinctive
“heard my friend's characteristic laugh”
noun
a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
noun
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
noun
a prominent attribute or aspect of something
“the map showed roads and other features”
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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heard my friend's characteristic laugh
red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn
stripes characteristic of the zebra
the map showed roads and other features
generosity is one of his best characteristics
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