Characteristics

A set of characteristic aspects (including attributes and behavior) of an object, material, living being, system, or event.

In design and technology, the properties of a material or object that are normally perceived and recognized by the human senses, such as color, taste, texture, sound (such as the crunch of bread), and smell. The term can also refer to the shape of the material, such as corrugated cardboard. People use these properties to select suitable materials for specific purposes, for example because they are attractive or suitable for a particular purpose. Material properties generally determine how people work with materials. See also properties.

In digital technologies, the characteristics of stored digital images can include, for example, color depth (maximum number of colors displayed), resolution (number of pixels per area or height and width), and compression used.

Meanings of Characteristics

Distinctive feature of a person or thing.
The integer part of the logarithm.
Distinguishing features of the navigation light on the beacon, etc. by which it can be recognized (color, flash pattern, etc.).
For a given field or a given ring, a natural number which is the smallest positive number n such that n copies of the multiplicative identity add (1) to the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.