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Phrases 63
- classical musicMusic of the classical period; the music of Mozart, Haydn, etc; the musical period before the romantic.
- classical guitarA type of flat-tabled guitar of Spanish origin used primarily for Western classical music, flamenco, and Latin American music, with six nylon (formerly gut) strings, usually played with the fingers rather than with a plectrum.
- Classical LatinThe Latin language as spoken and written in formal speeches, literature, the arts, etc., by the ancient Romans.
- Classical ArabicThe form of the Arabic language used in literary texts around the 8th to 10th centuries, standardized from ancient dialects of Arab tribes and the Qur'an.
- classical languageAn ancient language that has an independent tradition that arose mostly on its own, and has a large and rich body of ancient literature.
- Classical StudiesAlternative form of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, history etc.
- Classical GreekThe form of the Ancient Greek language used during the classical period of Greek literature: approximately 600 to 300 BCE.
- classical physicsall aspects of physics developed before the rise of quantum mechanics
- Classical antiquityMisspelling of classical antiquity.
- Classical NahuatlThe variants of the Nahuatl language spoken in central Mexico at the time of the Spanish colonization.
- classical logicA kind of logic based on the principles that each proposition has a truth value of either "true" or "false", but not both, and that if a proposition were to be both true and false or neither true nor false then a result would be that all …
- classical mechanicsAll of the physical laws of nature that account for the behaviour of the normal world, but break down when dealing with the very small (see quantum mechanics) or the very fast or very heavy (see relativity).
- Classical SyriacAn extinct language of the Northwest branch of the Semitic language family.
- classical conditioningA learning process in which a previously neutral stimulus (such as a bell) is paired with a potent stimulus (such as food in the case of a dog), so that the neutral stimulus comes to elicit a conditioned response (salivation) similar to …
- Classical ChineseThe written Chinese language used from the Zhou Dynasty (1045 B.C.E.) (especially the Spring and Autumn Period), through to the end of the Han Dynasty (220 C.E.). In Chinese, 古文 (gǔwén, “Ancient Writing”) or, formally, 古典漢語 /古典汉语 …
- Classical EnglishThe English language as spoken in its classical form, typically referring to Old English; but also sometimes used in reference to Middle English or Early Modern English.
- Classical JapaneseThe Japanese language as spoken and written which was used during about 900-1200 C.E. and continued to be commonly used as the written language until about 1900 C.E.
- Classical periodthe musical period of time following the Baroque period and preceding the Romantic period, spanning c.1750-c.1820.
- Classical PersianA chronolect of the New Persian language beginning from Islamization and Arabization around 650 CE or 850 CE if Early New Persian is not included till at least the 16th century and likely early 19th century including 15th—19th century …
- classical collegeAn educational institution in Quebec providing postsecondary education leading to baccalauréat ès arts degrees, that existed from the 17th century until the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s.
- Classical EgyptianMiddle Egyptian, sometimes also including Old Egyptian
- Classical MalayThe older linguistic form of Malay and Indonesian originally spoken and written in the Malay Peninsula from about 1500 AD to 1800 AD. It developed from Old Malay, with heavy influence from Arabic and Persian after mass Islamisation.
- Classical TibetanThe form of Tibetan spoken from the early 10th century AD until the 12th century AD (after the Old Tibetan period) and still used as a written language.
- classical unemploymentThe component of overall unemployment caused by too high wage expectations.
- classical computerA computer which is not a quantum computer, nor enjoys any other sort of (yet unknown) mechanism for transcending known computer science; a computer which can be modelled by a deterministic Turing machine
Compound words 27
- preclassicalOf or pertaining to a period before a classical period.
- classicalityThe condition of being classical
- anticlassicalOpposing or rejecting what is classical.
- epiclassicalComing after the classical period and, usually, maintaining continuity with it.
- quasiclassicalHaving certain aspects of classical physics.
- classicalistSynonym of classicist: A classical scholar, especially one who studies ancient Greek and Latin language and culture.
- jazzicalCombining elements of jazz and classical music.
- classicalismclassicism
- classicalizationthe treatment of a quantum system in terms of classical statistical mechanics
- classicalizeto treat a quantum system in terms of classical statistical mechanics