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'characteristic' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'characteristic' with 12 example sentences.


characteristic adjective

: typical or distinctive

characteristic noun

: a prominent attribute or aspect of something

: a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something

: the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2

: any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions


  • Japan has many different characteristics.
  • The aurora is a phenomenon characteristic of the polar regions.
  • Slow speech is characteristic of that man.
  • An important characteristic of steel is its strength.
  • The weather here has its own unique characteristics.
  • A green color is a characteristic of that type of apple.
  • It's characteristic of him to behave like that.
  • Pigs share certain characteristics with human beings.
  • The sense of humor is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics.
  • I got over the difficulty with my characteristic tenacity.
  • He spoke with a softness characteristic of southerners.
  • A dog is distinct from a cat in physical characteristics.
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