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nonpareil

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nonpareil  \Non`pa*reil"\,  n.  [See  {Nonpareil},  a.  ] 
  1.  Something  of  unequaled  excellence;  a  peerless  thing  or 
  person;  a  nonesuch;  --  often  used  as  a  name 
 
  2.  [F.  nonpareille.]  (Print.)  A  size  of  type  next  smaller 
  than  minion  and  next  larger  than  agate  (or  ruby). 
 
  Note:  This  line  is  printed  in  the  type  called  nonpareil. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  A  beautifully  colored  finch  ({Passerina  ciris}), 
  native  of  the  Southern  United  States.  The  male  has  the 
  head  and  neck  deep  blue,  rump  and  under  parts  bright 
  red,  back  and  wings  golden  green,  and  the  tail  bluish 
  purple.  Called  also  {painted  finch}. 
  b  Any  other  similar  bird  of  the  same  genus. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nonpareil  \Non`pa*reil"\,  a.  [F.,  from  non  not  +  pareil  equal, 
  fr  LL  pariculus  dim.  of  L.  par  equal.  See  {Non},  and 
  {Pair},  {Peer}.] 
  Having  no  equal;  peerless. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nonpareil 
  adj  :  eminent  beyond  or  above  comparison;  "matchless  beauty";  "the 
  team's  nonpareil  center  fielder";  "she's  one  girl  in  a 
  million";  "the  one  and  only  Muhammad  Ali";  "a  peerless 
  scholar";  "infamy  unmatched  in  the  Western  world"; 
  "wrote  with  unmatchable  clarity";  "unrivaled  mastery  of 
  her  art"  [syn:  {matchless},  {one(a)},  {one  and  only(a)}, 
  {peerless},  {unmatched},  {unmatchable},  {unrivaled},  {unrivalled}] 
  n  1:  model  of  excellence  or  perfection  of  a  kind  one  having  no 
  equal  [syn:  {ideal},  {paragon},  {saint},  {apotheosis},  {nonesuch}, 
  {nonsuch}] 
  2:  colored  beads  of  sugar  used  as  a  topping  on  e.g.  candies  and 
  cookies 
  3:  a  flat  disk  of  chocolate  covered  with  beads  of  colored  sugar 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Nonpareil 
 
  One  of  five  pedagogical  languages  based  on  {Markov 
  algorithm}s,  used  in  ["Nonpareil,  a  Machine  Level  Machine 
  Independent  Language  for  the  Study  of  Semantics",  B.  Higman, 
  ULICS  Intl  Report  No  ICSI  170,  U  London  (1968)].  The  others 
  were  {Brilliant},  {Diamond},  {Pearl}  and  {Ruby}.




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