canonical

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I was shocked to discover this is the canonical URL & domain for the Amazon press releases.

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Quick take

appearing in a biblical canon; "a canonical book of the Christian New Testament"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

appearing in a biblical canon; "a canonical book of the Christian New Testament"

adjective

of or relating to or required by canon law

adjective

reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for canonical.

adjective

appearing in a biblical canon; "a canonical book of the Christian New Testament"

adjective

of or relating to or required by canon law

adjective

reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"

adjective

conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis

Example sentences

I was shocked to discover this is the canonical URL & domain for the Amazon press releases.

He is the canonical example of what's wrong with our revolving door political system.

Likewise, there is no canonical, authoritative state of the store, since the server doesn't "think", only the clients do.

A clear conversation is difficult in the absence of a clear, canonical definition of "bad".

I'd be interested in your experience with what actions require 'unsafe' and if you have seen a canonical set that might point toward a process to get to a 'safe' OS.

He's a terrible programmer and a worse maintainer, he really still thinks the documentation on his site is comprehensive and canonical.

Would you care to attempt to produce a canonical HN "How to harden your server" reference?Maybe one of the security experts on HN can start a repository on Github to evolve a canonical script.