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  • 1particular characteristic — index specialty (distinctive mark) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2characteristic curve — noun (electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters • Syn: ↑characterisic function • Topics: ↑electronics • Hypernyms: ↑graph, ↑graphical record …

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  • 3characteristic — adj Characteristic, individual, peculiar, distinctive are comparable when they mean indicating or revealing the special quality or qualities of a particular person or thing or of a particular group of persons or things. Characteristic stresses… …

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  • 4particular — par·tic·u·lar adj in the civil law of Louisiana: of or relating to a designated property or to the inheritance of it compare universal Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 5characteristic — I noun aspect, attribute, cast, constitution, differentia, differential, distinction, distinctive feature, distinguishing trait, essence, essential part, feature, humor, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, immanence, inclination, individuality, inherence,… …

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  • 6characteristic — [adj] typical; distinguishing appropriate, diagnostic, differentiating, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, emblematic, especial, essential, exclusive, fixed, idiosyncratic, inborn, inbred, indicative, individual,… …

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  • 7characteristic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ typical of a particular person, place, or thing. ► NOUN ▪ a feature or quality typical of a person, place, or thing. DERIVATIVES characteristically adverb …

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  • 8Characteristic function (probability theory) — The characteristic function of a uniform U(–1,1) random variable. This function is real valued because it corresponds to a random variable that is symmetric around the origin; however in general case characteristic functions may be complex valued …

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  • 9Characteristic state function — The characteristic state function in statistical mechanics refers to a particular relationship between the partition function of an ensemble. In particular, if the partition function P satisfies P = exp( − βQ) or P = exp( + βQ) in which Q is a… …

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  • 10Characteristic equation (calculus) — In mathematics, the characteristic equation (or auxiliary equation[1]) is an algebraic equation of degree on which depends the solutions of a given th order differential equation.[2] The characteristic equation can only be formed when the… …

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