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The most important characteristic that has allowed me to succeed is confidence. I have always been comfortable in my own skin, and even when I was just starting out in my career, had the strength and self-assurance to ask tough questions and push for answers.
Heather Bresch

Meaning of "characteristic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHARACTERISTIC

characteristic  [ˌkærɪktəˈrɪstɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHARACTERISTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Characteristic can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CHARACTERISTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of characteristic in the English dictionary

The first definition of characteristic in the dictionary is a distinguishing quality, attribute, or trait. Other definition of characteristic is the integral part of a common logarithm, indicating the order of magnitude of the associated number. Characteristic is also another name for exponent, used esp in number representation in computing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHARACTERISTIC


amoristic
ˌæməˈrɪstɪk
aphoristic
ˌæfəˈrɪstɪk
behavioristic
bɪˌheɪvjəˈrɪstɪk
coloristic
ˌkʌləˈrɪstɪk
eristic
ɛˈrɪstɪk
Eucharistic
ˌjuːkəˈrɪstɪk
euhemeristic
juːˌhiːməˈrɪstɪk
floristic
flɒˈrɪstɪk
formularistic
ˌfɔːmjʊləˈrɪstɪk
futuristic
ˌfjuːtʃəˈrɪstɪk
heuristic
hjʊəˈrɪstɪk
hypocoristic
ˌhaɪpəkɔːˈrɪstɪk
juristic
dʒʊˈrɪstɪk
meristic
məˈrɪstɪk
militaristic
ˌmɪlɪtəˈrɪstɪk
myristic
mɪˈrɪstɪk
poristic
pɒˈrɪstɪk
puristic
pjʊəˈrɪstɪk
uncharacteristic
ˌʌnkærɪktəˈrɪstɪk
voyeuristic
ˌvwaɪəˈrɪstɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHARACTERISTIC

character type
character witness
character-building
characterful
characteries
characterisable
characterisation
characterise
characteriser
characterism
characteristic curve
characteristic function
characteristically
characterizable
characterization
characterize
characterizer
characterless
characterology
charactery

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHARACTERISTIC

anachronistic
artistic
autistic
ballistic
deterministic
domestic
holistic
journalistic
linguistic
logistic
mechanistic
minimalistic
optimistic
probabilistic
realistic
sadistic
simplistic
statistic
stylistic
synergistic
unrealistic

Synonyms and antonyms of characteristic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CHARACTERISTIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «characteristic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of characteristic

Translation of «characteristic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHARACTERISTIC

Find out the translation of characteristic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of characteristic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «characteristic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

特性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

característica
570 millions of speakers

English

characteristic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विशेषता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سِمَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

особенность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

característica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চরিত্রগত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

caractéristique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

ciri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Charaktereigenschaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

特徴
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

특성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Karakteristik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đặc trưng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பண்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वैशिष्ट्यपूर्ण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karakteristik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

caratteristica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cecha
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

характеристика
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

caracteristică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χαρακτηριστικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kenmerk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

egenskap
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjennetegn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of characteristic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHARACTERISTIC»

The term «characteristic» is very widely used and occupies the 9.982 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHARACTERISTIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «characteristic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «characteristic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about characteristic

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10 QUOTES WITH «CHARACTERISTIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word characteristic.
1
Gaston Bachelard
The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
2
Emily Greene Balch
A second characteristic of our time is the prevalence of nationalism. This is still spreading, affecting new communities, more peripheral regions and so-called backward peoples.
3
John Desmond Bernal
It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.
4
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.
5
Emma Bonino
I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.
6
Heather Bresch
The most important characteristic that has allowed me to succeed is confidence. I have always been comfortable in my own skin, and even when I was just starting out in my career, had the strength and self-assurance to ask tough questions and push for answers.
7
Heywood Broun
The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts.
8
Warren Buffett
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
9
Martin Van Buren
In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large.
10
Rene Cassin
The other salient characteristic of the Declaration is its universality: it applies to all human beings without any discrimination whatever; it also applies to all territories, whatever their economic or political regime.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHARACTERISTIC»

Discover the use of characteristic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to characteristic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Characteristic Classes
The theory of characteristic classes began in the year 1935 with almost simultaneous work by Hassler Whitney in the United States and Eduard Stiefel in Switzerland.
John Willard Milnor, 1974
2
Infrared and Raman Characteristic Group Frequencies: Tables ...
The third edition of this highly successful manual is not only a revised text but has been extended to meet the interpretive needs of Raman users as well as those working in the IR region.
George Socrates, 2004
3
Characteristic Based Planning with mySAP SCM™: Scenarios, ...
This book is based on the releases R/3 4.7 and mySAP SCM 4.1.
Jörg Thomas Dickersbach, A. Forstreuter, C. Fuhlbrügge, 2006
4
Characteristic Functions
Preliminary study of characteristic functions; Fundamental properties of characteristic functions; Criteria for characteristic functions; Factorization problems - infinitely divisible characteristic functions; Factorization problems - ...
Eugene Lukacs, 1970
5
Characteristic Functions and Moment Sequences: Positive ...
This book contains basic information on characteristic functions and moment sequences that is frequently used in probability theory. Characteristic functions and moment sequences are viewed as special cases of positive definite functions.
Torben Maack Bisgaard, Zoltán Sasvári, 2000
6
The Sense of Humor: Explorations of a Personality Characteristic
This volume brings together the current approaches to the definition and measurement of the sense of humor and its components.
Willibald Ruch, 2007
7
Analyzing Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves with SAS
In this example-laden book, author Mithat Gönen illustrates the existing SAS procedures that can be tailored to produce ROC curves and expands upon further analyses using other SAS procedures and macros.
Mithat Gönen, 2007
8
The Handbook of Infrared and Raman Characteristic ...
In the spirit of previous classics developed by Bellamy and others, this volume has expanded its scope and updated its coverage.
Daimay Lin-Vien, Norman B. Colthup, William G. Fateley, 1991
9
Analysis in Positive Characteristic
Devoted to counterparts of classical structures of mathematical analysis in analysis over local fields of positive characteristic, this book treats positive characteristic phenomena from an analytic viewpoint.
Anatoly N. Kochubei, 2009
10
Characteristic Raman frequencies of organic compounds
Alkanes: Haloalkanes; Aliphatic alcohols, ethers, and related compounds; Aliphatic amines, nitroalkanes and their derivatives; Organosulfur compounds; Alkenes; Aliphatic aldehydes and ketones; Carboxylic acids and derivatives; Amides, amino ...
Francis R. Dollish, William G. Fateley, Freeman F. Bentley, 1974

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHARACTERISTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term characteristic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Public Release: 7-Jul-2015 Study identifies characteristic EEG …
"Other anesthetics will continue to produce the pattern, which is characteristic of deep sedation and unconsciousness, so long as the dosage is ... «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
2
Ultrasonic Fingerprint Readers Can Unlock Phones Even When …
Press a fingertip to a smartphone nowadays and the device unlocks when it recognizes the skin's characteristic whorls and loops — either by ... «Smithsonian, Jul 15»
3
7 Signs Your Boss Is Horrible
This characteristic makes your boss impossible because you can't trust her. You never know when she will follow through and when you will be ... «Money, Jul 15»
4
What Greek, and German, history can teach us about today's crisis
Disunity and rebellion have also been characteristic features of Greek politics and identity. After defeating successive invasions launched by ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Garrick gentlemen's club refuses to admit women because it might …
... men would not be able to resist showing off to impress the women, that is an innate male characteristic, whether you are a bird or an animal. «The Independent, Jul 15»
6
Vowelless Album in Tow, Welsh Psych-Rockers Super Furry …
Instead the Super Furries — in characteristic fashion, which is to say lovably askew — have elected to return to the road in honor of Mwng, the ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
7
Elon Musk: “No clear theory” for reason behind SpaceX rocket …
Despite the friendly surroundings, Musk lacked some of his characteristic joie de vivre as he discussed the failure of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket ... «BetaBoston, Jul 15»
8
Brilliant Younis Khan guides Pakistan to series win over Sri Lanka
Younis continued to play with his characteristic fluency and was unbeaten after registering his 11th 150-plus score in test cricket, the most by ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
9
Is Kapteyn B Not to Be?
... Star were discerned using the radial velocity method, looking at the spectra of the star for the characteristic tugging of an unseen companion. «Universe Today, Jul 15»
10
Preemies may not show early signs of autism
In a new small study, published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy, researchers observed behavioral symptoms characteristic of ... «Futurity: Research News, Jul 15»

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