CLASSICAL

Classical

The word classical has several meanings. In general, these meanings refer to some past time, works of that era or later works influenced by that time. Classical things are often seen as ordered and part of high culture or a golden age, and contrasted to earlier or later things which may be seen as chaotic, elaborate or emotional.

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classical

Adjective

  1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
  2. Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline.
  3. Describing European music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  4. Describing serious 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. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style.
  7. Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian.


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