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Meaning of characteristic

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  characteristic
      adj 1: typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic
             laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of
             autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra" [ant:
             {uncharacteristic}]
      n 1: a prominent attribute or aspect of something; "the map
           showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his
           best characteristics" [syn: {feature}, {characteristic}]
      2: a distinguishing quality
      3: the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation
         of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the
         characteristic is 2
      4: any measurable property of a device measured under closely
         specified conditions [syn: {characteristic}, {device
         characteristic}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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