Word of the Day - Characteristic
Updated: Jun 1, 2021
Characteristic - k ae r ih k t ax r ih s t ih t k
a distinguishing trait
It was characteristic of him to open the door for her.
Definition adjective
pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive
noun
a distinguishing feature or quality
Mathematics.
1. the integral part of a common logarithm.Compare mantissa.
2. the exponent of 10 in a number expressed in scientific notation.
3. the smallest positive integer n such that each element of a given ring added to itself n times results in 0.
Synonyms for characteristic on Thesaurus.com
distinctive, idiosyncratic, innate, peculiar, singular, unique, essential, exclusive, indicative, individual, local, native, normal, original, particular, personal, private, regular, representative, special, specific, appropriate, diagnostic, differentiating, discriminating, discriminative, distinguishing, emblematic, especial, fixed, inborn, inbred, individualistic, individualizing, ingrained, inherent, marked, proper, symbolic, symptomatic
Dictionary Entries near characteristic
First known use
First recorded in 1655–65; from Greek charaktēristikós
