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characteristicIn logarithms and floating point, the number that indicates where the decimal point is placed. characteristic Maths a. the integral part of a common logarithm, indicating the order of magnitude of the associated number b. another name for exponent esp in number representation in computing characteristic [‚kar·ik·tə′ris·tik] (electronics) A graph showing how the voltage or current between two terminals of an electronic device varies with the voltage or current between two other terminals. (mathematics) That part of the logarithm of a number which is the integral (the whole number) to the left of the decimal point in the logarithm. For a family of surfaces that depend continuously on a parameter, the limiting curve of intersection of two members of the family as the two values of the parameter determining them approach a common value. For a ring or field, the smallest possible integer whose product with any element of the ring or field equals zero, provided that such an integer exists; otherwise the characteristic is zero. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| "It bears the marks of that superb unconcern which is the characteristic of genius," replied the Ambitious Writer, contemptuously passing him by. The industrious reader, indeed, might select out of these specimens from Steele, a picture, in minute detail, of the characteristic manners of that time. So reconstructed, the earliest period appears to us as a time of slow development in which the characteristic epic metre, diction, and structure grew up slowly from crude elements and were improved until the verge of maturity was reached. |
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