characteristic

definition: typical or distinctive
example: heard my friend's characteristic laugh
speech part: adjective
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definition: a distinguishing quality
example:
speech part: noun
synonyms: distinction
definition: any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
example:
speech part: noun
synonyms: device characteristic
definition: a prominent attribute or aspect of something
example:
speech part: noun
synonyms: feature
definition: the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm
example: in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
speech part: noun
synonyms:

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