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char·ac·ter·is·tic    Audio Help   (kār'ək-tə-rĭs'tĭk)  Pronunciation Key  adj.   Being a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; distinctive: heard my friend's characteristic laugh; the stripes that are characteristic of the zebra. n.   A feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait. Mathematics The integral part of a logarithm as distinguished from the mantissa: The characteristic of the logarithm 6.3214 is 6. Mathematics The least number of times the multiplicative identity in a ring needs to be added to itself to reach the additive identity, or, if the additive identity is never reached, zero. The integers have a characteristic of zero; the integers modulus 12 have a characteristic of 12. char'ac·ter·is'ti·cal·ly adv.

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characteristic
adjective
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]
noun
1.	a prominent attribute or aspect of something; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics" [syn: feature]
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

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ˌcharacterˈistic adjective
ˌcharacterˈistic noun
See also: character, characterize, characterise

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characteristic    Audio Help   (kār'ək-tə-rĭs'tĭk)  Pronunciation Key  The part of a logarithm to the base 10 that is to the left of the decimal point. For example, if 2.749 is a logarithm, 2 is the characteristic. Compare mantissa.

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Char`ac*ter*is"tic\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. charact['e]ristique.] Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.

Characteristic clearness of temper. --Macaulay.

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Char`ac*ter*is"tic\, n. 1. A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized. --Pope.

The characteristics of a true critic. --Johnson.

2. (Math.) The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.

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