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characteristic - a distinguishing quality |
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quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
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nature the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"
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passport,
recommendation a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
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compatibility capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination
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incompatibility the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination
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spot,
point a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot"
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point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
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stylemark,
earmark,
hallmark,
trademark identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal
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saving grace a redeeming quality or characteristic; "her love of music remains her one saving grace"; "her sense of humor has to be a saving grace"; "the saving grace for both developments is that they are creating jobs"
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aspect a characteristic to be considered
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safeness the quality of being safe
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dangerousness the quality of not being safe
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curability,
curableness capability of being cured or healed
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incurableness,
incurability incapability of being altered in disposition or habits; "the incurability of his optimism"
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directness,
straightness trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"
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indirectness having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal
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robustness the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge; "the lack of robustness in the findings may be due to the small size of the sample"
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rurality,
ruralism a rural characteristic or trait; "a place with the rurality of a turnip field"
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streak a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"
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characteristic - any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions |
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property any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props"
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electronics the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices
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characteristic - the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 |
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integer,
whole number any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"
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characteristic - typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra" |
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uncharacteristic distinctive and not typical; "a book uncharacteristic of its author"
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typical conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior"
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diagnostic,
symptomatic characteristic or indicative of a disease; "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever"; "symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown"
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distinctive,
typical of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!"
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peculiar markedly different from the usual; "a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats"; "a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"-Virginia Woolf
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