characteristic

característico, típico

Propio de una persona, cosa o grupo determinado.

En inglés sencillo: Typical of a particular person, thing, or group.

• He gave a characteristic smile.
• This strong smell is characteristic of the plant.
• She answered with her characteristic patience.

Cómo se usa: be characteristic of someone/something (That gentle humour is characteristic of her writing.)

Sinónimos: typical, distinctive

Antónimos: uncharacteristic

Expresiones frecuentes: characteristic of something, characteristic smile, characteristic feature

característica, rasgo

Cualidad o rasgo propio de una persona, cosa o grupo.

En inglés sencillo: A quality or feature that is typical of a person, thing, or group.

• Patience is her best characteristic.
• The two plants share several characteristics.
• What are the main characteristics of this style?

Cómo se usa: a characteristic of someone/something (Long ears are a characteristic of these rabbits.)

Sinónimos: feature, quality, trait

Expresiones frecuentes: main characteristic, physical characteristic, characteristic of something

característica

En un sistema algebraico, cantidad mínima de unos cuya suma da cero; si no existe, el valor es cero.

En inglés sencillo: A number for a mathematical system: the fewest ones adding to zero, or zero if no such number exists.

• This field has characteristic zero.
• A finite field has prime characteristic.
• We studied rings of characteristic two.

Cómo se usa: the characteristic of a field/ring (The characteristic of this field is five.)

Expresiones frecuentes: characteristic zero, positive characteristic, characteristic of something