canonical
IPA: kʌnˈɑnʌkʌɫ
noun
- (plural only) The formal robes of a priest.
- (Internet) A URL presented in canonical form.
adjective
- 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.
- (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”).
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Examples of "canonical" in Sentences
- Now, the metric is in the canonical form.
- Mark is the shortest of the canonical gospels.
- The canonical example is the category of sets.
- The book is one of the canonical texts of Scientology.