characteristics
Meaning of characteristics
noun
- A distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
- The integer part of a logarithm.
- The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).
- For 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.
Information about characteristics
- It is a name.
- The singular form of characteristics is: characteristic.
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Hyphenation of characteristics
char-ac-ter-is-tics
- It consists of 5 syllables and 15 chars.
- characteristics is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
characteristics synonyms
Meaning :
attribute, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, quality, tendency, trademark, trait
Words that rhyme with characteristics
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