##  [Character](/character) 

  ##  [Character](https://puremath.quantumdictionary.io/character-0) 

  

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Definition

The minimal cardinality of a local base at a point; the character of a space is the supremum of the characters of its points and is often denoted χ(x,X) for a point and χ(X) for the space.