canonical
canonical - English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /kə.ˈnɒn.ɪ.kl̩/
Adjective
canonical (comparative more canonical, superlative most canonical)
- Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.
- The Gospel of Luke is a canonical New Testament book.
- According to recognised or orthodox rules.
- The men played golf in the most canonical way, with no local rules.
- Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner.
- the reduction of a linear substitution to its canonical form
- Prototypical.
- (religion) In conformity with canon law.
- (music) In the form of a canon.
- (religion) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter
- (mathematics, computing) In canonical form.
- (mathematics) Distinguished among entities of its kind, so that it can be picked out in a way that does not depend on any arbitrary choices.
- (fandom slang) Part of canon (“the main continuity of a fictional universe”).
Synonyms
- (mathematics): natural
Antonyms
- (scripture): apocryphal
Derived terms
- acanonical
- anticanonical
- bicanonical
- canonical conjunctive normal form
- canonical disjunctive normal form
- canonical ensemble
- canonical form
- canonical formalism
- canonical hour
- canonical obedience
- canonical sequence
- canonicalisation
- canonicalise
- canonicality
- canonicalization
- canonicalize
- canonically
- canonicalness
- deuterocanonical
- extracanonical
- microcanonical
- multicanonical
- non-canonical
- noncanonical
- parabicanonical
- paracanonical
- pluricanonical
- postcanonical
- precanonical
- protocanonical
- semicanonical
- supracanonical
- uncanonical
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Noun
canonical (plural canonicals)
- (plural only) The formal robes of a priest.
- (Internet) A URL presented in canonical form.