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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  characteristic function
       
           The characteristic function of set returns True
          if its argument is an element of the set and False otherwise.
       
          (1995-04-13)
       
       

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  characteristic function
     n.
     1 (lb en analysis) A function which is equal to 1 for all points in
  its domain which belong to a given set, and is equal to 0 for all points
  in the domain which do not belong to that given set.
     2 (lb en maths probability theory) A complex function completely
  defining the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable
  Category:en:Functions

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  characteristic function
     n.
     1 (lb en analysis) A function which is equal to 1 for all points in
  its domain which belong to a given set, and is equal to 0 for all points
  in the domain which do not belong to that given set.
     2 (lb en maths probability theory) A complex function completely
  defining the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable
  Category:en:Functions

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  characteristic function
     n.
     1 (lb en analysis) A function which is equal to 1 for all points in
  its domain which belong to a given set, and is equal to 0 for all points
  in the domain which do not belong to that given set.
     2 (lb en maths probability theory) A complex function completely
  defining the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable
  Category:en:Functions

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  characteristic function
     n.
     1 (lb en analysis) A function which is equal to 1 for all points in
  its domain which belong to a given set, and is equal to 0 for all points
  in the domain which do not belong to that given set.
     2 (lb en maths probability theory) A complex function completely
  defining the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable
  Category:en:Functions

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  characteristic function /kˌaɹɪktəɹˈɪstɪk fˈʌŋkʃən/ 
  karakteristinen funktio
  a complex function completely defining a probability distribution

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