a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something | any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission |
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions | something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable |
a prominent attribute or aspect of something | something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable |
the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 | |