characteristic
/หkรฆษนษktษหษนษชstษชk/IPA: /K EH0 R AH0 K T ER0 IH1 S T IH0 K/
noun
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A distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
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The integer part of a logarithm.
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The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).
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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.
โThe characteristic of a field, if non-zero, must be a prime number.โ
adjective
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Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
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