English adjective: characteristic | |||
1. | characteristic typical or distinctive | ||
Samples | Heard my friend's characteristic laugh. Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn. Stripes characteristic of the zebra. | ||
Similar | diagnostic, distinctive, peculiar, symptomatic, typical | ||
See also | typical | ||
Antonyms | uncharacteristic | ||
English noun: characteristic | |||
1. | characteristic (cognition) a prominent attribute or aspect of something | ||
Samples | The map showed roads and other features. Generosity is one of his best characteristics. | ||
Synonyms | feature | ||
Broader (hypernym) | attribute, dimension, property | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | aspect, attracter, attraction, attractive feature, attractor, badge, centerpiece, centrepiece, contour, distinctive feature, distinguishing characteristic, excellence, excellency, external, facet, invariant, magnet, peculiarity, safety feature, sex character, sex characteristic, sexual characteristic | ||
2. | characteristic (attribute) a distinguishing quality | ||
Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | aspect, compatibility, curability, curableness, dangerousness, directness, earmark, hallmark, incompatibility, incurability, incurableness, indirectness, passport, point, point, recommendation, robustness, ruralism, rurality, safeness, saving grace, spot, straightness, streak, stylemark, trademark | ||
Part meronym | nature | ||
3. | characteristic (communication) the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | integer, whole number | ||
4. | characteristic (attribute) any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions | ||
Synonyms | device characteristic | ||
Broader (hypernym) | property | ||
Domain category | electronics | ||