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How to pronounce characteristic in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms feature
Type of attribute, property, dimension
Has types sex character, attracter, attraction, attractive feature, attractor, badge, centerpiece, centrepiece, contour, distinctive feature, distinguishing characteristic, excellence, excellency, external, facet, invariant, magnet, peculiarity, safety feature, aspect, sex characteristic, sexual characteristic


generosity is one of his best characteristics.
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Synonyms device characteristic
Type of property
Type Words
Type of quality
Has types passport, aspect, point, directness, trademark, recommendation, robustness, ruralism, rurality, safeness, compatibility, saving grace, earmark, indirectness, incurableness, spot, straightness, streak, stylemark, curability, curableness, dangerousness, hallmark, incurability, incompatibility
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Type of whole number, integer
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Derivation character


heard my friend's characteristic laugh.
red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
stripes characteristic of the zebra.

Examples of characteristic

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With GE animals, the DNA has been altered to produce a desirable characteristic.
From the dailyherald.com
Social responsibility has always been a natural characteristic of the immigrant.
From the forbes.com
This clear resolution of detail is an essential characteristic of the photogram.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A second important characteristic of money is security and the cost to forge it.
From the newscientist.com
The outflow of capital was another salient characteristic of Jiang's governance.
From the theepochtimes.com
Neediness is not an attractive characteristic, neither of people nor of nations.
From the theatlantic.com
A distinguishing characteristic of Etruscan art turns out to be its playfulness.
From the dallasnews.com
Iron atoms in the flow imprint characteristic iron lines on the reflected light.
From the sciencedaily.com
Single-nucleotide substitutions are a defining characteristic of cancer genomes.
From the nature.com
More examples
  • Typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra"
  • Feature: a prominent attribute or aspect of something; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics"
  • A distinguishing quality
  • The integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
  • Any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
  • In mathematics, the characteristic of a ring R, often denoted char(R), is defined to be the smallest number of times one must use the ring's multiplicative identity element (1) in a sum to get the additive identity element (0); the ring is said to have characteristic zero if this repeated sum ...
  • A light characteristic is a graphic and text description of a navigational light sequence or colour displayed on a nautical chart or in a Light List with the chart symbol for a lighthouse, lightvessel, buoy or sea mark with a light on it. ...
  • A distinguishable feature of a person or thing; the integer part of a logarithm; the distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc); being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing
  • (CHARACTERISTICS) Traits or attributes: those qualities that define a describe a thing or person