Hyphenation of characteristic

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word characteristic? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

char-ac-ter-is-tic

Definitions of characteristic:

1.	A prominent attribute or aspect of something The map showed roads and other features Generosity is one of his best characteristics
2.	A distinguishing quality
3.	The integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm In the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
4.	Any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
5.	Typical or distinctive Heard my friend's characteristic laugh Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn Stripes characteristic of the zebra

Synonyms of characteristic:

adj	characteristic, diagnostic, symptomatic, symptomatic of, distinctive, typical, distinguishing, distinctive, identifying, peculiar, typical
noun	feature, property, attribute, dimension
noun	quality
noun	integer, whole number
noun	device characteristic, property

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.