Hypertext Webster Gateway: "canonical"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
canonical
adj 1: appearing in a Biblical canon; "a canonical book of the
Christian New Testament" [syn: {canonic}]
2: of or relating to or required by canon law [syn: {canonic}]
3: reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible
without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a
canonical syllable pattern" [syn: {basic}, {canonic}]
4: conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; "the drinking of
cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair
Lewis [syn: {canonic}, {sanctioned}]
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