Classical

Adjective

classical (comparative more classical, superlative most classical)

1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art. quotations ▼
2. Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline. quotations ▼
3. (music) Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
4. (informal, music) Describing art 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. quotations ▼
6. Knowledgeable or skilled in the classics; versed in the classics. quotations ▼a classical scholar
7. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined quotations ▼classical dance.
8. (physics) Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian. antonyms ▲Antonyms: quantum, relativistic