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- DictionaryChar·ac·ter·is·tic/ˌker(ə)ktəˈristik/
adjective
- 1. typical of a particular person, place, or thing: "large farms are characteristic of this area"
noun
- 1. a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it: "inherited characteristics such as blood groups"
- 2. the whole number or integral part of a logarithm, which gives the order of magnitude of the original number.
Characteristic definition: pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive. See examples of CHARACTERISTIC used in a sentence.
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a typical or obvious quality that makes one person or thing different from others: a national characteristic.
a typical or noticeable quality of someone or something: Unfortunately a big nose is a family characteristic. Sentimentality seems a characteristic of all the writers of that period. The male bird displays (= has) several characteristics which distinguish him from the female. Fewer examples. Patience is not a characteristic we associate with Bryan.
a distinguishing quality, attribute, or trait. the integral part of a common logarithm, indicating the order of magnitude of the associated number: the characteristic of 2.4771 is 2. another name for exponent, used esp in number representation in computing. adj.
Definition of characteristic noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define characteristic: a special quality or trait that makes a person, thing, or group different from others—usage, synonyms, more.
The meaning of CHARACTERISTIC is a distinguishing trait, quality, or property. How to use characteristic in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Characteristic.
