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  2. Canonical - Wikipedia

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    Canonical ensemble, in statistical mechanics, is a statistical ensemble representing a probability distribution of microscopic states of the system; Canonical quantum gravity, an attempt to quantize the canonical formulation of general relativity; Canonical stress–energy tensor, a conserved current associated with translations through space ...

  3. Canonical form - Wikipedia

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    For example, polynomials are conventionally written with the terms in descending powers: it is more usual to write x 2 + x + 30 than x + 30 + x 2, although the two forms define the same polynomial. By contrast, the existence of Jordan canonical form for a matrix is a deep theorem.

  4. Canon (fiction) - Wikipedia

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    Material released since this announcement is a separate canonical timeline from the original George Lucas Canon, with all narrative development overseen by the Lucasfilm Story Group. [ 7 ] The makers of Doctor Who have generally avoided making pronouncements about canonicity, with Russell T Davies explaining that he does not think about the ...

  5. Canon (basic principle) - Wikipedia

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    The term canon derives from the Greek κανών (kanon), meaning "rule", and thence via Latin and Old French into English. [1] The concept in English usage is very broad: in a general sense it refers to being one (adjectival) or a group (noun) of official, authentic or approved rules or laws, particularly ecclesiastical; or group of official, authentic, or approved literary or artistic works ...

  6. Context-free grammar - Wikipedia

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    Context-free grammars are a special form of Semi-Thue systems that in their general form date back to the work of Axel Thue. The formalism of context-free grammars was developed in the mid-1950s by Noam Chomsky, [3] and also their classification as a special type of formal grammar (which he called phrase-structure grammars). [4]

  7. Lemma (morphology) - Wikipedia

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    In morphology and lexicography, a lemma (pl.: lemmas or lemmata) is the canonical form, [1] dictionary form, or citation form of a set of word forms. [2] In English, for example, break, breaks, broke, broken and breaking are forms of the same lexeme, with break as the lemma by which they are indexed.

  8. Irony - Wikipedia

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    The canonical example is The Emperor's New Clothes. Another example is the Fool in King Lear . Muecke writes, "the effectiveness of this kind of irony comes from its economy of means: mere common sense or even simple innocence or ignorance may suffice" to break through the targeted hypocrisy or foolishness of received ideas.

  9. Canonical criticism - Wikipedia

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    Canonical criticism, sometimes called canon criticism or the canonical approach, is a way of interpreting the Bible that focuses on the text of the biblical canon itself as a finished product. Brevard Childs (1923–2007) popularised this approach, though he personally rejected the term.