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characteristic
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a prominent attribute or aspect of something
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Other meanings
2. noun
a distinguishing quality
3. noun
the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
4. noun
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
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