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characteristic

adj
/ˌkæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk/UK/ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/US/ˌkɛɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χᾰρᾰκτήρ (khărăktḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Ancient Greek χᾰρακτηρίζω (khăraktērízō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek χᾰρᾰκτηριστῐκός (khărăktēristĭkós)der. English characteristic From Ancient Greek χαρακτηριστικός (kharaktēristikós), from χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “a mark, character”). By surface analysis, character + -istic.

  1. derived from χαρακτηριστικός

Definitions

  1. Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

  2. A distinguishing feature of a person or thing, a part of mental or physical behavior.

  3. The integer part of a logarithm.

    • It is evident, moreover, that as the logarithms of numbers, which are tenfold, the one of the other, do not differ except in their characteristics, it is sufficient that the tables contain the fractional parts only of the logarithms.
    • Similarly, the characteristic for .003 is −3, and the characteristic for .0003 is −4.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can…

      The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).

    2. For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n…

      For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.

      • The characteristic of a field, if non-zero, must be a prime number.
      • 1962 [John Wiley & Sons], Nathan Jacobson, Lie Algebras, 1979, Dover, page 289, In this chapter we study the problem of classifying the finite-dimensional simple Lie algebras over an arbitrary field of characteristic 0.

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Derived

acquired characteristic, biocharacteristic, defining characteristic, demand characteristic, derived characteristic, Euler characteristic, light characteristic, secondary sex characteristic, semicharacteristic, sex characteristic, subcharacteristic

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