bicharacteristic

adjective

Describing a line of tangency of two characteristics

OriginEnglish characteristic ← Ancient Greek χᾰρᾰκτηριστῐκός (khărăktēristĭkós) ← Latin bi- →
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Meanings

adjectivebicharacteristic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemathematicsDescribing a line of tangency of two characteristics

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
  7. Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
  8. Ancient Greekχαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō)
  9. Ancient Greekχᾰρᾰκτηριστῐκός (khărăktēristĭkós)
  10. Englishcharacteristic
  11. Englishbicharacteristic

From bi- + characteristic.

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APA

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Chicago

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