Unique

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unique \U*nique"\, a. [F. unique; cf. It. unico; from L. unicus,
     from unus one. See {One}.]
     Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled;
     unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole. --
     {U*nique"ly}, adv. -- {U*nique"ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unique \U*nique"\, n.
     A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled.
     [R.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The phenix, the unique pf birds.         --De Quincey.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unique
       adj 1: radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the
              field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether
              alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was
              unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen
              whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic
              ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our
              history" [syn: {alone(p)}, {unequaled}, {unequalled},
              {unparalleled}]
       2: (followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category
          or condition or locality; "a species unique to Australia"
          [syn: {unique(p)}]
       3: the single one of its kind; "a singular example"; "the
          unique existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique
          copy of an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems
          have unique solutions" [syn: {singular}]
       4: highly unusual or rare but not the single instance; "spoke
          with a unique accent"; "had unique ability in raising
          funds"; "a frankness unique in literature"; "a unique
          dining experience"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  158 Moby Thesaurus words for "unique":
     a certain, absolute, almost unheard-of, alone, an, another, any,
     any one, appropriate, atomic, authentic, avant-garde, azygous,
     beguiling, bewildering, beyond compare, beyond comparison,
     breakaway, celibate, characteristic, creative, different,
     distinctive, distinguished, easily first, either, else, enigmatic,
     exceptional, exclusive, extraordinary, fabulous, facile princeps,
     fantastic, fascinating, first and last, firsthand, fresh,
     idiocratic, idiosyncratic, imaginative, immortal, impair,
     in character, incomparable, incomprehensible, inconceivable,
     incredible, individual, indivisible, infrequent, inimitable,
     integral, intrinsic, invincible, irreducible, lone, marked,
     marvelous, matchless, miraculous, monadic, monistic, new,
     not that sort, not the same, not the type, novel, nulli secundus,
     odd, of a sort, of another sort, of sorts, offbeat, one,
     one and only, only, only-begotten, original, other, other than,
     otherwise, outlandish, particular, passing strange, peculiar,
     peerless, phenomenal, prodigious, proper, puzzling, quintessential,
     rare, recherche, remarkable, revolutionary, scarce, second to none,
     seldom met with, seldom seen, sensational, separate, simple,
     single, singular, slow, sole, solid, solitary, solo, sparse,
     special, strange, striking, stupendous, sui generis, true to form,
     unanalyzable, unapproachable, unapproached, unbeatable, uncommon,
     uncustomary, underived, undivided, undreamed-of, unequaled,
     unexampled, unexcelled, unexpected, unfamiliar, unfrequent,
     unheard-of, uniform, unimaginable, unitary, unmatchable, unmatched,
     unordinary, unpaired, unparagoned, unparalleled, unpeered,
     unprecedented, unrepeatable, unrepeated, unrivaled, unsurpassable,
     unsurpassed, unthinkable, unthought-of, unusual, unwonted, whole,
     without equal, without parallel, wonderful, wondrous
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  UNIQUE
       
           A {portable} {job control language}.
       
          ["The UNIQUE Command Language - Portable Job Control",
          I.A. Newman, Proc DATAFAIR 73, 1973, pp. 353-357].
       
          (1994-11-22)