ALL meanings of characteristics
char·ac·ter·is·tic
C c - adjective characteristics 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. 1
- noun characteristics a distinguishing feature or quality: Generosity is his chief characteristic. 1
- noun characteristics Mathematics. the integral part of a common logarithm. Compare mantissa. the exponent of 10 in a number expressed in scientific notation. the smallest positive integer n such that each element of a given ring added to itself n times results in 0. 1
- noun characteristics A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it. 1
- noun characteristics plural of characteristic. 0