characteristic-n; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: feature

Commentary: A prominent aspect of something or someone.

Examples:
Generosity is one of his best characteristics.
Does the suspect have any distinguishing characteristics?
I specified the device characteristics of my prototype laser beam.
The map showed a lot of hills and other characteristics of the landscape.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 1 2 4

Sense Number 2: logarithms

Commentary: The integer part in the representation of a logarithm. You'll know it when you see it.

Examples:
In the expression 'log 643 = 2.808', the characteristic is 2.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 3: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

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