- characteristic - typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra"
Antonyms: uncharacteristic, uncharacteristic of, atypical
- feature, characteristic - a prominent aspect of something; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics"
--1 is a kind of property, attribute, dimension
--1 has particulars: - characteristic - a distinguishing quality
--2 is a kind of quality
--2 is a part of nature
--2 has particulars:- characteristic - the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
--3 is a kind of integer, whole number
- characteristic, device characteristic - any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
--4 is a kind of property
- characteristic - the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2