exceptional

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AdjectiveEdit

exceptional (comparative more exceptional, superlative most exceptional)

1. Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.

   What an exceptional flower!

2. Better than the average; superior due to rarity.

   The quality of the beer was exceptional.

3. (geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.

   an exceptional curve; an exceptional divisor

SynonymsEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:excellent
• egregious (most often used negatively, however)

AntonymsEdit

• categorical

Derived termsEdit

• exceptional space
• exceptionally

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