characteristic

Adjective

• typical or distinctive
  • heard my friend's characteristic laugh
    
  • red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn
    
  • stripes characteristic of the zebra
    

Noun

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

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

• a distinguishing quality

• a prominent attribute or aspect of something
  • the map showed roads and other features
    
  • generosity is one of his best characteristics
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  device characteristic , feature