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Canon
Found in thesaurus: prescript, rule, priest, ravine, piece, opus, musical composition, composition, piece of music, list, listing, scripture, sacred scripture
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Canon
n.
Japanese corporation founded in 1937 and headquartered in Tokyo, world-renowned manufacturer of a wide variety of optical and imaging products (such as cameras, lenses, digital video cameras, etc.) and business machines (such as printers, copy machines, computer printers, laser facsimiles, etc.)
canon
n.
church law; accepted principle, criterion; list of Christian saints; books of the Bible recognized by the Christian church; clergyman, religious cleric; (Music) contrapuntal piece of music in which one musical line of a melody is imitated in an accurate manner in other parts
cañon
n.
canyon, channel, gully, deep narrow valley
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Canon
Canyon
A gorge or canyon (cañon, old spelling occasionally still used) is a deep ravine between pairs of escarpments or cliffs and is the most often carved landscape by the erosive activity of a river over geologic timescales. Rivers have a natural tendency to cut through underlying surfaces so will eventually wear away rock layers to lessen their own pitch slowing their waters; given enough time, their bottoms will gradually reach a baseline elevation—which is the same elevation as the body of water it will eventually drain into. This action, when the river source and mouth are at much different base elevations will form a canyon, particularly through regions where softer rock layers are intermingled with harder layers more resistant to weathering.
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canon
Noun
1. a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy; "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"
(hypernym) rule, prescript
2. a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
(hypernym) priest
(hyponym) prebendary
3. a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
(synonym) canyon
(hypernym) ravine
(part-meronym) canyonside
(classification) North America
4. a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
(hypernym) musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
(hyponym) enigma canon, enigmatic canon, enigmatical canon, riddle canon
5. a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
(hypernym) list, listing
(derivation) canonize, canonise, saint
6. a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
(hypernym) scripture, sacred scripture
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canon
nm.
gun, cannon; barrel; model, example (Informal); stunner, one who is strikingly handsome or beautiful
canyon
nm.
canyon
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canon
nm.
canon, dogma; doctrine
cañón
nm.
pipe, tube; barrel; cannon; gun; stem; quill; canyon, gorge
