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characteristic
noun(char-ac-ter-is-tic)
a distinguishing trait, quality, or property
characteristic
noun(char-ac-ter-is-tic)
the integral part of a common logarithm
characteristic
noun(char-ac-ter-is-tic)
the smallest positive integer n which for an operation in a ring or field yields 0 when any element is used n times with the operation
characteristic
adjective(char-ac-ter-is-tic)
revealing, distinguishing, or typical of an individual character
characteristic
noun(char-ac-ter-is-tic)
an equation in which the characteristic polynomial of a matrix is set equal to 0
characteristic
noun(char-ac-ter-is-tic)
the determinant of a square matrix in which an arbitrary variable (such as x) is subtracted from each of the elements along the principal diagonal
characteristic
noun(char-ac-ter-is-tic)
eigenvalue
characteristic
noun(char-ac-ter-is-tic)
eigenvalue
characteristic
noun(char-ac-ter-is-tic)
eigenvector
characteristic
noun(char-ac-ter-is-tic)
a physical characteristic (such as the breasts of a female mammal or the breeding plumage of a male bird) that appears in members of one sex at puberty or in seasonal breeders at the breeding season and is not directly concerned with reproduction —called also secondary sexual characteristic
characteristic
noun(char-ac-ter-is-tic)
a nonzero vector that is mapped by a given linear transformation of a vector space onto a vector that is the product of a scalar multiplied by the original vector —called also characteristic vector

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