| Pronunciation: | | in'kâmpurubul
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| Matching Terms: | | incomparably
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [adj] such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared; "an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency"; "this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data" |
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| | Synonyms: | | all-time, alone(p), incommensurable, matchless, nonpareil, one and only(a), one(a), peerless, uncomparable, unequaled, unequalled, unique, unmatchable, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled, unrivalled |
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| | Antonyms: | | comparable |
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| | See Also: | | best, extraordinary |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*com"pa*ra*ble\, a. [L. incomparabilis: cf. F.
incomparable. See {In-} not, and {Comparable}.]
Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others;
unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless;
peerless; transcendent.
A merchant of incomparable wealth. --Shak.
A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir
Isaac Newton for a patron. --Bp.
Warburton.
-- {In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*com"pa*ra*bly}, adv.
Delights incomparably all those corporeal things. --Bp.
Wilkins.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Two elements a, b of a set are incomparable under some relation <= if neither a <= b, nor b <= a. |
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| | See Also: | | mathematics |
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| | Related Terms: | | alien, apart, beyond compare, beyond comparison, detached, disconnected, discrete, disjunct, disrelated, dissimilar, dissociated, easily first, exotic, extraneous, facile princeps, foreign, immortal, incommensurable, incommensurate, independent, inimitable, insular, invincible, irrelative, isolated, matchless, nonpareil, not comparable to, nulli secundus, of different orders, other, outlandish, peerless, removed, second to none, segregate, separate, separated, strange, sui generis, superior, superlative, supreme, surpassing, transcendent, unaffiliated, unallied, unapproachable, unapproached, unassociated, unbeatable, unconnected, unequaled, unexampled, unexcelled, unique, unlike, unmatchable, unmatched, unparagoned, unparalleled, unpeered, unrelatable, unrelated, unrivaled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed, without equal, without parallel |
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