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characteristic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
characteristic is a
distinguishing feature of a
person or thing. It may
refer to:
Characteristic...
- In mathematics, the term "
characteristic function" can
refer to any of
several distinct concepts: The
indicator function of a subset, that is the function...
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primary ****
characteristics, such as gonads, and
secondary ****
characteristics. In humans, ****
organs or
primary ****ual
characteristics,
which are those...
- In
linear algebra, the
characteristic polynomial of a
square matrix is a
polynomial which is
invariant under matrix similarity and has the eigenvalues...
- In physics, a
characteristic length is an
important dimension that
defines the
scale of a
physical system. Often, such a
length is used as an
input to...
- In mathematics, the
characteristic of a ring R,
often denoted char(R), is
defined to be the
smallest positive number of
copies of the ring's multiplicative...
- a
group is said to be
characteristically simple if it has no
proper nontrivial characteristic subgroups.
Characteristically simple groups are sometimes...
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identity component of a
topological group is
always a
characteristic subgroup.
Characteristically simple group Dummit,
David S.; Foote,
Richard M. (2004)...
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Characteristic velocity or c ∗ {\displaystyle c^{*}} , or C-star is a
measure of the
combustion performance of a
rocket engine independent of
nozzle performance...
- In
social research,
particularly in psychology, the term
demand characteristic refers to an
experimental artifact where parti****nts form an interpretation...
