English Dictionary

canonical

IPA（発音記号）

/kə.ˈnɒn.ɪ.kl̩/

形容詞

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.

日本語の意味

正典に含まれる、特に宗教的な文脈において。 / 規定された正統なルールや規範に従う。 / 最も基本的で直接的に適用される方法や形態を示す。 / 原型的、典型的な存在を表す。

The scholar argued that the canonical texts required reinterpretation in light of modern discoveries.

学者は、現代の発見を踏まえて正典に含まれる文献を再解釈する必要があると主張した。

意味（1）

Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.

The Gospel of Luke is a canonical New Testament book.

意味（2）

According to recognised or orthodox rules.

The men played golf in the most canonical way, with no local rules.

意味（3）

Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner.

the reduction of a linear substitution to its canonical form

意味（4）

Prototypical.

意味（5）

(religion) In conformity with canon law.

意味（6）

(music) In the form of a canon.

意味（7）

(religion) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter

意味（8）

(mathematics, computing) In canonical form.

意味（9）

(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.

{{quote-web|en|7-2-2011|Samson Abramsky|Introduction to Categories and Categorical Logic||http://arxiv.org/abs/1102.1313|It turns out that ordered pairs can be defined in set theory, e.g. as (x,y):=x,y,y. Note that in no sense is such a definition canonical.|coauthors=Nikos Tzevelekos|page=19}}

more canonical （ comparative ）

most canonical （ superlative ）