Grep of noun characteristic
characteristic
characteristic curve
device characteristic
frequency-response characteristic
primary sex characteristic
secondary sex characteristic
sex characteristic
Overview of noun characteristic
The noun characteristic has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (19) feature, characteristic -- (a prominent aspect of something: "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics")
2. (7) characteristic -- (a distinguishing quality)
3. characteristic -- (the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2)
4. characteristic, device characteristic -- ((electronics) any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions)
Overview of adj characteristic
The adj characteristic has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (26) 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 of adj characteristic
1 sense of characteristic
Sense 1
characteristic (vs. uncharacteristic)
uncharacteristic (vs. characteristic), uncharacteristic of
=> atypical
Similarity of adj characteristic
1 sense of characteristic
Sense 1
characteristic (vs. uncharacteristic)
=> diagnostic, symptomatic, symptomatic of(prenominal)
=> distinctive, typical
=> distinguishing, distinctive, identifying(postnominal)
=> peculiar(postnominal)
Also See-> typical#1
Attributes of adj characteristic
Familiarity of adj characteristic
characteristic used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Grep of adj characteristic
characteristic
uncharacteristic
Overview of noun characteristic
The noun characteristic has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (19) feature, characteristic -- (a prominent aspect of something: "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics")
2. (7) characteristic -- (a distinguishing quality)
3. characteristic -- (the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2)
4. characteristic, device characteristic -- ((electronics) any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions)
Overview of adj characteristic
The adj characteristic has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (26) characteristic -- (typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra")
characteristic definition
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