an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone | a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something |
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions |
a degree or grade of excellence or worth | a prominent attribute or aspect of something |
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 |
high social status | |