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    characteristic
    /ˌkarɪktəˈrɪstɪk/

    adjective

    • 1. typical of a particular person, place, or thing: "he began with a characteristic attack on extremism"

    noun

    • 1. a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them: "certain defining characteristics of the school emerge from the study"
    • 2. the whole number or integral part of a logarithm, which gives the order of magnitude of the original number.

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  5. characteristic of one only; distinctive or special. typical. exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category. see more. noun. a prominent attribute or aspect of something.

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  7. A quality or feature that is characteristic of someone or something is one which is often seen in them and seems typical of them. ...the absence of strife between the generations that was so characteristic of such societies. Windmills are a characteristic feature of the Mallorcan landscape.

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