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CLASSICAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
Synonyms:
classical; classical music; serious music
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("classical" is a kind of...):
genre; music genre; musical genre; musical style (an expressive style of music)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "classical"):
chamber music (serious music performed by a small group of musicians)
opera (a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes)
cantata; oratorio (a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text)
concerto (a composition for orchestra and a soloist)
fugue (a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement)
rondeau; rondo (a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata)
sonata (a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.
Example:
classical Marxism
Synonyms:
classic; classical
Classified under:
Similar:
neoclassic; neoclassical (characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style)
classical ((physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics)
classical (of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas)
classical; Graeco-Roman; Greco-Roman (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture)
Antonym:
nonclassical (not classical)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture
Example:
the classical world
Synonyms:
classical; Graeco-Roman; Greco-Roman
Classified under:
Similar:
classic; classical (of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.)
Domain category:
beaux arts; fine arts (the study and creation of visual works of art)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas
Example:
classical music
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
classic; classical (of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
classic; classical (of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Well-known and long-established in form or style
Example:
the classic struggle between good and evil
Synonyms:
classic; classical
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
traditional (consisting of or derived from tradition)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors
Example:
classical Greek
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
received; standard (conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
Example:
a classical scholar
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
classics (study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome)
Context examples:
Classical dengue (dengue fever) is self-limiting and characterized by fever, myalgia, headache, and rash.
(Dengue Fever, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The prognosis is similar to classical hepatocellular carcinoma that arises in non-cirrhotic livers, and better than hepatocellular carcinoma that arises in cirrhotic livers.
(Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is marked by the presence of a type of cell called a popcorn cell, which is different from the typical Reed-Sternberg cell found in classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
(Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)
It includes the following variants: polymorphic, monomorphic, and classical Hodgkin lymphoma type post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders.
(Neoplastic Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
A subtype of classical Hodgkin lymphoma characterized by collagen bands surrounding lymphoid nodules.
(Nodular Sclerosis Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
It has been established that estrogen has at least two courses of action termed classical or genomic and nongenomic.
(Pelp1 Estrogen Receptor Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A wide range of architectures are possible, but psammoma body formation is classical.
(Mouse Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A subtype of classical Hodgkin lymphoma with a mixed inflammatory stroma containing Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg cells.
(Mixed Cellularity Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
In addition to the classical Gq/11, coupling of Gs is occasionally observed in a cell-specific fashion.
(Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
A high grade B-cell lymphoma showing greater pleomorphism in nuclear size and shape than the classical Burkitt lymphoma.
(High Grade Burkitt-Like Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
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