canonical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.
According to recognised or orthodox rules.
Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner.
Prototypical.
In conformity with canon law.
In the form of a canon.
Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
In canonical form.
Distinguished among entities of its kind, so that it can be picked out in a way that does not depend on any arbitrary choices.
Related to or part of the canon of a fictional universe.

noun

The formal robes of a priest.
A URL presented in canonical form.

Pronunciation

/kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/ [kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kɫ̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canonical.wav /kəˈnɑ.nɪ.kəl/ [kəˈnɑ.nɪ.kɫ̩] /kəˈnɔn.ɪ.kəl/ [kəˈnɔn.ɪ.kɫ̩] /kəˈnɒn.ə.kəl/ [kəˈnɔ̟n.ə.kɫ̩]

Word forms

canonical more canonical most canonical canonicals

Etymology

From Middle English canonycal, from Medieval Latin canōnicālis. By surface analysis, canon + -ical.

Synonyms

natural

Antonyms

apocryphal

Derived words

acanonical anticanonical bicanonical canonical conjunctive normal form canonical disjunctive normal form canonical ensemble canonical form canonical formalism canonical hour canonicalisation canonicalise canonicality canonicalization canonicalize canonically canonicalness canonical obedience canonical sequence deuterocanonical extracanonical microcanonical multicanonical noncanonical non-canonical parabicanonical paracanonical pluricanonical postcanonical precanonical protocanonical semicanonical subcanonical supracanonical uncanonical

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