1.
a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it.
"inherited characteristics such as blood groups"
Similar:
attribute
feature
quality
essential quality
property
trait
aspect
element
facet
mannerism
manner
habit
custom
way
mark
trademark
hallmark
distinction
idiosyncrasy
peculiarity
quirk
oddity
foible
penchant
proclivity
bent
2.
MATHEMATICS
the whole number or integral part of a logarithm, which gives the order of magnitude of the original number
