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Definitions: Characteristic |
CharacteristicAdjective1. Typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra". Noun1. A prominent aspect of something: "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics". 2. A distinguishing quality. 3. The integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2. 4. (electronics) any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "characteristic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
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Aerospace | Specifically, a distinguishing quality, property, feature, or capability of a machine or piece of equipment, or of a component part.The characteristics of an aircraft are (1) qualities such as stability, maneuverability, and strength; (2) features such as number, kind, or power of engines, and size, shape, or number of wings; and (3) capabilities such as range, speed, and payload. (references) |
Computing | The integral part, which may be positive or negative, of the representation of a logarithm. Source: European Union. (references) |
| In a floating-point representation, the numeral that represents the exponent in the floating-point representation. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A graph curve which shows the values, in steady-state, of an output variable of a system as a function of an input variable, the other input variables being maintained at specified constant values. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Electrical Engineering | A single value, as measured, of a dependent variable in the relationship expressing the behaviour of a semiconductor device for a given value of an independent variable under given conditions, usually test conditions. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The behaviour of a semiconductor device as expressed by the non-linear relationship between two variables. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The representation, usually by a graph, of the relation between two quantities under stated operating conditions. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The relationship between two or more variable quantities which describes the performance of a device under given conditions. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A distinctive colour and/or periodic rhythm of a beacon or light signal, enabling it to be identified. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Environment | Any one of the four categories used in defining hazardous waste: ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity. (references) |
Language | Any of the properties that constitute a concept. Source: European Union. (references) |
Meteorology & Standards | A property which helps to differentiate between items of a given population. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A property that helps to distinguish between items of a given population ; a property which helps to identify or differentiate between items. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Statistics | Beside its reports on decennial censuses, the Census Bureau issues several reports on population characteristics:population estimates, consumer income and the labour force. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: CharacteristicSynonyms: device characteristic (n), feature (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: uncharacteristic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Difference | Other, another, not the same; unequal. unmatched; widely apart, poles apart, distinctive, characteristic; discriminative; distinguishing. |
Indication | Adjective: indicating; Verb:, indicative, indicatory; denotative, connotative; diacritical, representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic, symptomatic, characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial; individual; (special). |
Characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, trait; fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint; cloven hoof; footfall; recognition (memory). | |
Intrinsicality | Characteristic; (special), (indicative); invariable, incurable, incorrigible, ineradicable, fixed. |
Speciality | Noun: {opp. } speciality, specialite; individuality, individuity; particularity, peculiarity; idiocrasy; (tendency); personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy; specificness; Adjective: singularity; (unconformity); reading, version, lection; state; trait; distinctive feature; technicality; differentia. |
Adjective: special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive; singular; (exceptional); idiomatic; idiotypical; typical. | |
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Crosswords: Characteristic |
| English words defined with "characteristic": characteristic curve. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "characteristic": characteristic actuation probability, characteristic detection probability, characteristic equation, characteristic exhaust velocity, characteristic function, characteristic radiation, characteristic root, characteristic value, characteristic velocity ♦ flight characteristic ♦ incidental characteristic ♦ mine characteristic, mine characteristic curve ♦ reproducing characteristic ♦ Wa characteristic charging. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "characteristic": Childness, Creaturely ♦ Philanthropistic ♦ thallium. (references) |
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Screenplays | To quote Cicero: rashness is the characteristic of youth, prudence that of mellowed age, and discretion the better part of valor. (The Black Hole; writing credit: Jeb Rosebrook; Bob Barbash) | |
Clever | There isn't a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as ''American.'' (references; author: Mark Twain) Celibacy is not an inherited characteristic. (references; author: unknown) | |
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 | A. Peripheral blood leukocyte from an AIDS patient producing HIV. There are several particles budding from the periphery of the cell. Other virus particles cluster outside the cell membrane. (x30) b. Enlargement of far right center area of top photo showing mature HIV particles. (x90) c. HIV particle budding from cell membrane. (x200) d. Mature hiv particle with characteristic core. (x200). See artwork: GR-07. Credit: Matt Gonda (photographer). |  | Six-step sequence of the death of a cancer cell. A cancer cell has migrated through the holes of a matrix coated membrane from the top to the bottom, simulating natural migration of a invading cancer cell between, and sometimes through, the vascular endothelium. Notice the spikes or pseudopodia that are characteristic of an invading cancer cell (1). A buffy coat containing red blood cells, lymphocytes and macrophages is added to the bottom of the membrane. A group of macrophages identify the cancer cell as foreign matter and start to stick to the cancer cell, which still has its spikes (2). Macrophages begin to fuse with, and inject its toxins into, the cancer cell. The cell starts rounding up and loses its spikes (3). As the macrophage cell becomes smooth (4). The cancer cell appears lumpy in the last stage before it dies. These lumps are actually the macrophages fused within the cancer cell (5). The cancer cell then loses its morphology, shrinks up and dies (6). Photo magnification: 1: x12,000; 2: x4,000; 3: x8,000; 4: x26,000; 5: x56,000; 6: x14,000. Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer). |
 | Illustration of formation of a zygospore. A characteristic of sexual reproduction in zygomycetes. Credit: CDC. |  | Left ventricle has been cut open to display characteristic severe thickening of mitral valve, thickened chordae tendineae, and hypertrophied left ventricular myocardium. Autopsy. Credit: CDC. |
 | An immature trophozoite of P. vivax is shown at the top of the slide in its characteristic ring shape, while the mature trophozoites contain large ameboid cytoplasms with large chromatin and fine yellowish brown pigment. Credit: CDC. |  | Wiredrag hung up on obstruction at buoy no. 4 Note "V" of buoy path characteristic of obstruction discovery Wiredrag party off of EXPLORER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Typical red mangrove with prop roots - characteristic of high salinity area. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Land crabs are part of the characteristic fauna protected in the estuarine habitats of the Reserve. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Broyozoa, oysters, sponges on interior roof of concrete pipe. Community is characteristic of mature interior reef surface. You can see scrape marks from grazing fish on dark and light green colonies of bryozoa. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Bryozoa, oysters, corraline algae, sponges on interior roof of concrete pipe. Community is characteristic of mature interior reef surface. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
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 | A minor etude very characteristic of Chopin. | | A typical folk guitar playing style characteristic of the 1960's. |
| An excerpt characteristic of a heroic film score featuring trumpet and strings. | | A mandolin featuring a picking style characteristic of the southern U.S. |
| An excerpt featuring counterpoint very characteristic of a high classical era. | | Sinister digital sounds characteristic of a horror or suspense film. |
| Groovy synthesized tune characteristic of the early 1980's in the U.S. | | A rock-influenced piece very characteristic of a contemporary rock sound circa 1980's. |
| A characteristic early Mozart piano work. | | Solo finder-plucking guitar style characteristic of U.S. folk music. |
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Aristotle | He cannot live in complaisance with others, except it be a friend; complaisance is the characteristic of a slave. |
Francois De La Rochefoucauld | As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing. |
Freeman Dyson | It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment. |
Lord Chesterfield | Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners. |
Oscar Wilde | Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic. |
Robert W. Chambers | [Being] good to animals . . . the bad man's invariable characteristic. |
William Hazlitt | The characteristic of Chaucer is intensity: of Spencer, remoteness: of Milton elevation and of Shakespeare everything. |
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Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The stranger had entered the room with the characteristic quietude of the profession to which he announced himself as belonging. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The characteristic of love is to rove. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This includes the killer phenotype, characteristic of yeasts. (references) | |
Premature aging is a characteristic of adults with Down syndrome. (references) | ||
Angina pectoris often recurs in a regular or characteristic pattern. (references) | ||
Business | This new "specialty markets" is the third market characteristic. (references) | |
The second positive market characteristic is the economic environment. (references) | ||
The first positive market characteristic is the government's contribution to the tourism industry. (references) | ||
Economic History | India | Most mills using ELS are familiar with US Pima and its fiber characteristic. (references) |
Japan | In the past, lengthy hospitalization periods were often characteristic of non-acute care for the elderly. (references) | |
Sweden | Postwar prosperity provided the foundations for the social welfare policies characteristic of modern Sweden. (references) | |
Human Rights | Peru | Psychological torture and abuse, which result from the harsh conditions in which detainees are held, are more characteristic of the prisons. (references) |
Korea | While there are signs that this rigid system has been relaxed somewhat in recent years--for example, children of religious practitioners are no longer automatically barred from higher education--it remains a basic characteristic of KWP political control. (references) | |
Political Economy | Taiwan | A defining characteristic of Taiwan's international relations is a lack of diplomatic ties with most nations of the world. (references) |
Trade | Italy | For other products, however, if substantive proof of U.S. origin is provided through other accompanying documents as well as through characteristic trademarks, a certificate of origin is not normally necessary. (references) |
Travel | Honduras | A distinctive characteristic of Honduras is the diversity in weather and topography. (references) |
France | The most important characteristic of French business behavior is its emphasis on courtesy and a certain formality. (references) | |
Women | Panama | A widely acknowledged characteristic of rape is that it frequently is perpetrated by spouses or other family members. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SHERIFF, n. In America the chief executive office of a country, whose most characteristic duties, in some of the Western and Southern States, are the catching and hanging of rogues. John Elmer Pettibone Cajee (I write of him with little glee) Was just as bad as he could be. 'Twas frequently remarked: "I swon! The sun has never looked upon So bad a man as Neighbor John." A sinner through and through, he had This added fault: it made him mad To know another man was bad. In such a case he thought it right To rise at any hour of night And quench that wicked person's light. Despite the town's entreaties, he Would hale him to the nearest tree And leave him swinging wide and free. Or sometimes, if the humor came, A luckless wight's reluctant frame Was given to the cheerful flame. While it was turning nice and brown, All unconcerned John met the frown Of that austere and righteous town. "How sad," his neighbors said, "that he So scornful of the law should be -- An anar c, h, i, s, t." (That is the way that they preferred To utter the abhorrent word, So strong the aversion that it stirred.) "Resolved," they said, continuing, "That Badman John must cease this thing Of having his unlawful fling. "Now, by these sacred relics" -- here Each man had out a souvenir Got at a lynching yesteryear -- "By these we swear he shall forsake His ways, nor cause our hearts to ache By sins of rope and torch and stake. "We'll tie his red right hand until He'll have small freedom to fulfil The mandates of his lawless will." So, in convention then and there, They named him Sheriff. The affair Was opened, it is said, with prayer. J. Milton Sloluck |
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| "Characteristic" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 55.81% of the time. "Characteristic" is used about 2,132 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 55.81% | 1,190 | 6,499 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 44.19% | 942 | 7,696 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,132 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "characteristic": acquired characteristic ♦ asymmetric characteristic circuit element ♦ characteristic acoustic impedance of a medium ♦ characteristic actuation probability ♦ characteristic actuation with ♦ characteristic constant ♦ characteristic curve ♦ characteristic detection probability ♦ characteristic detection with ♦ characteristic function ♦ characteristic number ♦ characteristic radiation ♦ characteristic root ♦ characteristic style ♦ characteristic value ♦ current voltage characteristic ♦ device characteristic ♦ incidental characteristic ♦ primary sex characteristic ♦ principal characteristic ♦ reproducing characteristic ♦ secondary sex characteristic ♦ sex characteristic ♦ symmetric characteristic circuit element ♦ Wa characteristic charging. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "characteristic": code-characteristic. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "characteristic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | tipies (typical), kenmerkend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | karakteristikë (character, datum, lineament, peculiarity, property, qualification, specification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ميزة (advantage, attribute, character, excellence, feature, merit, particularity, peculiarity, property, quality, speciality, trait), مميز (diacritical, differential, discerning, discriminative, discriminatory, distinctive, distinguishing, judicial, peculiar, perceptive, percipient, special, specific), طبق الأصل (faithful, true), صفة مميزة (attribute, difference, flavor, flavour, property, savor, savour, stamp, turn), خصيصة (character), خصوصي (confidential, exclusive, individual, particular, peculiar, personal, private, special, specific), العدد البياني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | характерна черта (impress, lineament, note, particularity, physiognomy, point, quality, speciality, trait), характерен белег (trait), характеристика (characterization, performance), отличителен белег (badge, character, difference, feature, marker, note, trademark, trait). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 特色 (distinguishing feature or quality), 特點 (feature, trait), 特性 (property), 性質 (nature), 典型 (Characteristical, topical, typical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | charakteristický (salient, typical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ejendommelig (typical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | karakteristiek (distinctive), tekenend, kenmerkend (specific). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | karakterizaĵo, karakteriza. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | sermerktur, eyðkendur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | منشی (Actuary, Clerk, Scribe, Secretary), منش نما, مشخصات (Specification, Specs), نهادین , نهادی (Inborn, Natural), نشان ویژه (Trait), صفت ممیزه , خیمی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | valotunnus (character), tunnusarvo (characteristic value), tunnus (badge, emblem, mark, password, sign, watchword), riippuvuus (association, dependence), ominaiskäyrä (characteristic curve), luonteenomainen arvo (characteristic value), karakteristika, käsitepiirre (property, quality), eksponentti (exponent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | caractéristique (character, characteristic curve, characteristic value, characteristics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | merkmal (attribute, badge, distinctive mark, distinguishing mark, earmark, feature, symptom, token, trait), kennziffer (box number, code digit, code number, reference number), eigenschaft (attribute, capacity, character, feature, grace, predicate, property, qualification, qualify, quality, trait), charakteristisch (discriminatory, distinctive, distinguishing, typic, typical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χαρακτηριστικόσ (typical), χαρακτηριστικό γνώρισμα (attribute), χαρακτηριστικό (feature, lineament, particularity, streak, trait), χαρακτηριστική καμπύλη (characteristic curve), χαρακτηριστική τιμή (characteristic value), χαρακτηριστικά (characteristically, features, typically), χαρακτήρας (character, temper), εκθέτης (exhibitor, exponent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian | karakteristikë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מאפין (trait, typical), מצין (indicative, indicator, marker), אפי י (distinctive, particular, symptomatic, typical), טפוסי (exemplary, representative, typical), ס'ולי (peculiar, specific). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jellemvonás (feature, point, strain, trait), tipikus (representative, run, typical), jellemző (diagnostic, like, parameter, peculiar, revealing, typical), jellegzetesség (attribute, characteristics, criteria, criterion, distinctness, feature, physiognomy, proper, trait, type), jellegzetes (distinctive, marked, peculiar, proper, representative, specific, symptomatic, typical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ciri (earmark, feature, sign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | caratteristico (odd, peculiar, specific, strange), caratteristica (character, distinction, feature, hallmark, peculiarity, property, trait). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 特徴 (feature), 性癖 (disposition, idiosyncrasy, inclination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たいしゅう (body odor, general public, personal odor), メルクマール , さが (custom, one's nature, property), どくじ (original, peculiar), どくとく (learning by oneself, peculiarity, uniqueness), ほ"りょう (duty, original fief, proper function, speciality), せいへき (disposition, idiosyncrasy, inclination), "ゆう (eigen-, inherent, peculiar, tradition), もちまえ (one's nature), とくしつ (advantages and disadvantages, plus and minuses, special quality), とくしょく (bribery, corruption, feature), とくゆう (peculiar, special loan), とくちょう (feature, forte, merit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 독특한 (Characteristical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | soyllagh, cowreydagh (emblematic, emblematical, impressive, indicative, sign, significant, symbolic, symptomatic), ard-chowrey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aracteristicchay característico (discriminating, discriminative, discriminatory, distinctive, like, peculiar, proper, rightdown, typical), característica (attribute, feature, full stop, guide mark, Mark, marking, peculiarity, point, property, quality). (various references) caracterizator (characterizing, defining, typical, typifying), caracteristicã (impress, mode, note, parameter, particularity, quiddity, speciality, specific feature), caracteristic (discriminative, distinctive, exemplary, peculiar, proper, representative, typical), caracter (aspect, character, color, colour, complexion, composition, constitution, disposition, feature, grain, kidney, kind, letter, loathsomeness, mettle, nature, patchiness, sort, spirit, stamp, state, temper), trãsãturã (aspect, feature, line, lineament, Mark, Ray, stroke, touch, trait), dominant (commanding, dominant, prevailing, towering), distinctiv (differential, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive), definitoriu (defining, definitive). (various references) свойство (apanage, attribute, attribute-value, character, habitude, property, quality, trait), смещенный порядок, характерный (characterful, distinguishing, peculiar, racy), характерная особенность, характеристика (biased exponent, character reference, characteristics, characterization, curve, feature, pattern, performance, records, specification, testimonial). (various references) svojstvo (capacity, feature, trait, virtue), svojstven (distinctive, original, typical), osobina (attribute, mannerism, property, propriety, strain, trait), odlika (distinction, excellence, feature), obeležje (impress, imprint, mark), karakterističan (distinctive, distinguished, typical). (various references) característica (feature, peculiarity, property, special feature, trait), característico (distinctive, peculiar, proper). (various references) kännetecken (attribute, badge, criterion, earmark, feature, indication, token), karakteristik (characteristic curve, characteristic value). (various references) vasıf (qualification, quality), tipik (characteristical, modal, ordinary, representative, typical), nitelik (attribute, attribution, character, composition, eligibility, essence, hallmark, kind, plate-mark, property, qualification, qualitative, quality, stamp), karakteristik (characteristical, distinctive, representative, significative, typical), özgün (distinctive, genuine, individual, inventive, peculiar, typical, unique, way out), özellik (attribute, attribution, cachet, character, feature, hall mark, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, particular, particularity, peculiarity, plate-mark, point, property, quality, quiddity, singularity, special feature, speciality, specialty, stamp, strain, trait). (various references) reje (feature, sign), mahsus, has (specific). (various references) характерна риса (attribute, cachet, peculiarity), характерний (definitive, differential, distinctive, individual, racy, representative), характеристика (characterization, chit, datum, testimonial), типовий (exemplary, normal, representative, typical), особливість (aroma, distinction, feature, flavour, individuality, particularity, peculiarity, speciality, specialty, tincture, trait), ознака (augury, badge, bodement, character, diagnostic, indication, note, omen, ostent, portent, prognostic, prophet, sign, testimonial, vestige). (various references) riêng biệt (discrete, individual, individually, segregate, severally, special, specially, specifically), riêng (corporal, distinct, individual, peculiar, private, privy, sui generis), đặc trưng (speciality, specificity, specificness, typical), đặc thù, đặc tính (ethos, identity, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, speciality), đặc điểm (character, particularity). (various references) nodweddiadol, nodwedd (character, feature). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adiuncta, adiuncti, adiuncto, chium, melchia, melchiae, melchias, naturalem, naturali, naturalibus, naturalis, propria, propriae, propriam, proprias, proprie, proprii, propriis, proprio, proprium, proprius, sedechiae, sedechias. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | daxshtem. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "characteristic": characteristically, characteristics. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "characteristic": uncharacteristic. (additional references) | |
Words containing "characteristic": uncharacteristically. (additional references) | |
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"Characteristic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caracteristic, charachteristic, characterist, chracteristic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "characteristic" (pronounced ke'rukteri"stik) |
| 8 | -k t er i" s t i k | uncharacteristic. |
| 7 | -t er i" s t i k | militaristic. |
| 6 | -er i" s t i k | coloristic, futuristic, terroristic. |
| 5 | -i" s t i k | altruistic, anachronistic, antagonistic, artistic, atheistic, autistic, ballistic, capitalistic, chauvinistic, cystic, deterministic, dualistic, euphemistic, expressionistic, fatalistic, feudalistic, hedonistic, holistic, humanistic, idealistic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, jingoistic, journalistic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, materialistic, mechanistic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, nationalistic, naturalistic, novelistic, oligopolistic, opportunistic, optimistic, pantheistic, paternalistic, patristic, pessimistic, pluralistic, polytheistic, primitivistic, propagandistic, puristic, realistic, relativistic, ritualistic, sadistic, sensationalistic, simplistic, socialistic, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, synergistic, unrealistic, voyeuristic. |
| 4 | -s t i k | acoustic, agnostic, atavistic, bombastic, caustic, diagnostic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dynastic, ecclesiastic, elastic, enthusiastic, evangelistic, fantastic, gymnastic, iconoclastic, inelastic, interscholastic, majestic, masochistic, monastic, onomastic, plastic, rustic, sarcastic, scholastic, thermoplastic, unenthusiastic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, alphabetic, amniotic, analytic, anesthetic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, arthritic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, athletic, attic, authentic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, catalytic, cathartic, chaotic, charismatic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, diabetic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, dramatic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, exotic, extragalactic, fanatic, ferromagnetic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, halophytic, hectic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, homeostatic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, lymphatic, magnetic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, narcotic, neritic, neurotic, numismatic, operatic, optic, orthodontic, pancreatic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, patriotic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, phonetic, phosphatic, pneumatic, poetic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, quixotic, rheumatic, robotic, romantic, schematic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, septic, skeptic, static, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unpatriotic, unsympathetic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-c-e-h-i-i-r-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: catachrestic. | |
-3 letters: catechistic, criticaster. | |
-4 letters: acritarchs, archaistic, architects, arthritics, carritches, cathartics, characters, cicatrices, scratchier, tetrarchic, tracheitis, triarchies. | |
-5 letters: acritarch, architect, arteritis, arthritic, arthritis, atheistic, attachers, catchiest, catechist, cathartic, cathectic, cercarias, character, charities, charriest, earthstar, hatterias, irritates, scratcher, starchier, tetrarchs, theatrics, theriacas, thirstier, trichites, trictracs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-c-e-h-i-i-r-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: characteristics. | |
+2 letters: uncharacteristic. | |
+4 letters: characteristically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 69 73 74 69 63 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .... .- .-. .- -.-. - . .-. .. ... - .. -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101000 01100001 01110010 01100001 01100011 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C h a r a c t e r i s t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0068 0061 0072 0061 0063 0074 0065 0072 0069 0073 0074 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3774678467698671847585867569 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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