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CHARACTERISTIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A distinguishing quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("characteristic" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "characteristic"):
streak (a distinctive characteristic)
ruralism; rurality (a rural characteristic or trait)
robustness (the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge)
indirectness (having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal)
directness; straightness (trueness of course toward a goal)
incurability; incurableness (incapability of being cured or healed)
curability; curableness (capability of being cured or healed)
dangerousness (the quality of not being safe)
safeness (the quality of being safe)
aspect (a characteristic to be considered)
saving grace (a redeeming quality or characteristic)
earmark; hallmark; stylemark; trademark (a distinctive characteristic or attribute)
point (a distinguishing or individuating characteristic)
point; spot (an outstanding characteristic)
incompatibility (the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination)
compatibility (capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination)
passport; recommendation (any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission)
Holonyms ("characteristic" is a part of...):
nature (the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized)
Derivation:
characteristic (typical or distinctive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
Synonyms:
characteristic; device characteristic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("characteristic" is a kind of...):
property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)
Domain category:
electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A prominent attribute or aspect of something
Example:
generosity is one of his best characteristics
Synonyms:
characteristic; feature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("characteristic" is a kind of...):
attribute; dimension; property (a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "characteristic"):
safety feature (feature of an artifact that is added to insure a user's safety)
distinctive feature; distinguishing characteristic; peculiarity (an odd or unusual characteristic)
external (outward features)
excellence; excellency (an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels)
contour (a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure)
centerpiece; centrepiece (the central or most important feature)
badge (any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank))
attracter; attraction; attractive feature; attractor; magnet (a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts)
aspect; facet (a distinct feature or element in a problem)
invariant (a feature (quantity or property or function) that remains unchanged when a particular transformation is applied to it)
sex character; sex characteristic; sexual characteristic (those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("characteristic" is a kind of...):
integer; whole number (any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Typical or distinctive
Example:
stripes characteristic of the zebra
Classified under:
Similar:
diagnostic; symptomatic (characteristic or indicative of a disease)
distinctive; typical (of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing)
peculiar (characteristic of one only; distinctive or special)
Also:
typical (exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category)
Antonym:
uncharacteristic (distinctive and not typical)
Derivation:
character (a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something)
characteristic (a distinguishing quality)
Context examples:
A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of adrenal cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.
(Adrenal Cancer Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
A finding about one or more characteristics of adenosarcoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.
(Adenosarcoma TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
An electrocardiographic finding of an acute myocardial infarction which produces characteristic elevations of the ST segment of the ECG.
(Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)
An acute leukemia in which the blasts lack sufficient evidence to classify as myeloid or lymphoid or they have morphologic and/or immunophenotypic characteristics of both myeloid and lymphoid cells.
(Acute Leukemia of Ambiguous Lineage, NCI Thesaurus)
The researchers also examined if certain clinical or demographic characteristics measured at the emergency department visit were predictive of subsequent suicide death.
(Emergency department study reveals patterns of patients at increased risk for suicide, National Institutes of Health)
The disorder has characteristics typical of an autoinflammatory disease, where the immune system appears to be activated without any apparent trigger.
(Researchers discover new autoinflammatory disease and uncover its biological cause, National Institutes of Health)
Rats are a useful model as their biology and physiology have a number of important characteristics in common with those of humans.
(Placenta changes could mean male offspring of older mums more likely to develop heart problems in later life, University of Cambridge)
Substances such as BPA form part of the structure of these materials or have been added to improve the characteristics of the product.
(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)
But there are characteristics beyond the level of the individual – such as attributes of the communities in which we live – that can also have a profound effect on mental well-being.
(Depression - men far more at risk than women in deprived areas, University of Cambridge)
The team then clarified the mechanisms that induced these electrical characteristics.
(Neuromorphic Metallic Nanowire Network Shows Human Brain-Like Functions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
