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classical

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Synonyms: classic, classics, classick, elastical, plastical, cassican, unclassical, classico, classic c, cossical

Antonyms: classic, classics, classick, elastical, plastical, cassican, unclassical, classico, classic c, cossical

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Adjective

  1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
  2. Of or pertaining to [[established]] [[principle]]s in a [[discipline]].
  3. {{lb|en|music}} Describing [[Western]] [[music]] and [[musician]]s of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  4. {{lb|en|informal|music}} Describing [[art music]] (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the [[orchestra]].
  5. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
  6. Knowledgeable or skilled in the [[classics]]; [[versed]] in the classics.
  7. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; [[chaste]]; [[pure]]; [[refined]]
  8. {{lb|en|physics}} Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take [[quantum]] or [[relativistic]] effects into account; [[Newtonian]] or [[Maxwellian]].
  9. {{senseid|en|nonconstructive}} {{lb|en|mathematics}} Pertaining to mathematical frameworks or methods which permit [[proof by contradiction]]; [[nonconstructive]], based on [[classical logic]].

Noun

  1. {{lb|en|countable}} One that is classical in some way; for example, a classical economist.
  2. {{ellipsis of|en|classical music}}.
  3. {{lb|en|chess}} {{ellipsis of|en|classical chess}}.

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