"canonical form" meaning in English

See canonical form in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: canonical forms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} canonical form (plural canonical forms)
  1. (mathematics, computing) A standard or normal presentation of a mathematical entity or a text string, etc. Categories (topical): Computing, Mathematics Translations (standard or normal presentation of a mathematical entity): kanonický tvar [masculine] (Czech), kanoninen muoto (Finnish), normaalimuoto (Finnish), forme canonique [feminine] (French), Normalform [feminine] (German), postać kanoniczna [feminine] (Polish), forma canônica [feminine] (Portuguese), канони́ческая фо́рма (kanoníčeskaja fórma) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-canonical_form-en-noun-5T9M0ddJ Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'standard or normal presentation of a mathematical entity': 92 4 4
  2. (physical chemistry) Any of a set of representations of the resonance structure of a molecule each of which contributes to the real structure; a contributing structure. Tags: physical Categories (topical): Physical chemistry
    Sense id: en-canonical_form-en-noun-gOVmiuYE Categories (other): Chemical notation Disambiguation of Chemical notation: 25 42 33 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (linguistics, rare) Synonym of dictionary form Tags: rare Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: dictionary form [synonym, synonym-of], normal form [mathematics, sciences], standard form [mathematics, sciences], citation form [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], dictionary form [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], basic form [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Related terms: headword [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], lemma [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences]
    Sense id: en-canonical_form-en-noun-wUtg8Xz3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 16 71 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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