noun🔗ShareA distinguishing feature of a person or thing."The characteristic smell of freshly baked bread always reminds me of my grandmother's kitchen. "characterqualityaspectthingessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe integer part of a logarithm."The characteristic of the logarithm of 1000 is 3. "mathnumberessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.)."The lighthouse's characteristic flashing red light helped the ship's captain identify its location. "nauticaltechnicalsignalessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFor a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0."The characteristic of a field, if non-zero, must be a prime number."mathnumberessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareBeing a distinguishing feature of a person or thing."My grandmother's warm smile is a characteristic feature of her personality. "qualitycharacteraspectbeingthingessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading