A characteristic that is inherently associated with the object which is said to have that property. For example the mass of an object is one of its properties. So also might be color, density and many other characteristics. Properties are classified as extensive or intensive. Extensive properties increase in proportion to the size of the object, as mass does for example.
Intensive properties are independent of the size of the object.
The density for examples remains the same if I cut an object in half and throw half of it away. Things like an object's position or velocity are not considered to be properties of the object. They are not a characteristic of the object only but are also dependent on the reference frame in which the object is located. Q Quadratic A function involving the second and lower power, and none higher, of the independent variable. For an illustration of a quadratic function, see the Quadratic Derivative display in the Rate of Change lesson.