Characteristic has several meanings:

Mathematics

• characteristic (algebra)
• characteristic function
• characteristic subgroup
• Euler characteristic
• method of characteristics

Or

• characteristic (genetics).

Characteristic is also sometimes used as a piece of jargon in discussions of universals in metaphysics, often in the phrase 'distinguishing characteristics'.

• An I-V or current-voltage characteristic is the current in a circuit as a function of the applied voltage

See also

• character (disambiguation)

Mathematical disambiguation Karakterizo