单词 | characteristic |
释义 | characteristic —characteristically, adv. /kar'ik teuh ris"tik/, adj. 1. Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn. n. 2. a distinguishing feature or quality: Generosity is his chief characteristic. 3. Math. a. the integral part of a common logarithm. Cf. mantissa. b. the exponent of 10 in a number expressed in scientific notation. c. the smallest positive integer n such that each element of a given ring added to itself n times results in 0. [1655-65; < Gk charakteristikós. See CHARACTER, -ISTIC] Syn. 1. special, peculiar. 2. attribute, property, trait. See feature. |
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