exotic
adj. foreign; unusual, out of the ordinary | ||||
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Exotic Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Exotic
(n.)
Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom.
(a.)
Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.
(n.)
Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom.
(a.)
Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.
| WordNet 2.0 |
exotic
Adjective
1. being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"
(synonym) alien
(similar) foreign
2. strikingly strange or unusual; "an exotic hair style"; "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"; "the exotic landscape of a dead planet"
(similar) strange, unusual
Adjective
1. being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"
(synonym) alien
(similar) foreign
2. strikingly strange or unusual; "an exotic hair style"; "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"; "the exotic landscape of a dead planet"
(similar) strange, unusual
| hEnglish - advanced version |
exotic
exotic
\ex*ot"ic\ (?), a. [l. exoticus, gr. &?; fr. 'e`xw outside: cf. f. exotique. see exoteric.] introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word. nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
exotic
\ex*ot"ic\ (?), n. anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom. plants that are unknown to italy, and such as the gardeners call exotics.
exotic
\ex*ot"ic\ (?), a. [l. exoticus, gr. &?; fr. 'e`xw outside: cf. f. exotique. see exoteric.] introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word. nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
exotic
\ex*ot"ic\ (?), n. anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom. plants that are unknown to italy, and such as the gardeners call exotics.
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exotic
Foreign
Foreign
Exotic Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Environmental Engineering (English ver.) |
EXOTIC
An organism or species that is not native to the area in which it is found.
An organism or species that is not native to the area in which it is found.
Exotic Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| american horse racing dictionary |
exotic (wager)
Any wager other than win, place or show. For the mathematically inclined, the amount of combinations in any exotic wager can be figured by the formula n!/(n-a!), where n is the number of horses in your wager and a is the number of finishers in the wager (two in an exacta, three in a trifecta, etc.)
Any wager other than win, place or show. For the mathematically inclined, the amount of combinations in any exotic wager can be figured by the formula n!/(n-a!), where n is the number of horses in your wager and a is the number of finishers in the wager (two in an exacta, three in a trifecta, etc.)
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Exotic (adj.)
akan(-) (not native); ritsuri(-) (unusual)
akan(-) (not native); ritsuri(-) (unusual)
| gambling |
Exotic
Any wager other than a straight wager.
Any wager other than a straight wager.
Exotic Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Biological Control |
Exotic
Introduced from another country or continent (e.g., introduced insect pest).
Introduced from another country or continent (e.g., introduced insect pest).
Exotic Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Exotic
Exotic can mean:
- In mathematics:
- Exotic R4 - differentiable manifold homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to the Euclidean space R4
- Exotic sphere - differentiable manifold homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to the ordinary sphere
- In physics:
- Exotic atom atom with one or more electrons replaced by other negatively charged particles
- Exotic hadrons:
- Exotic baryons - bound states of 3 quarks and additional particles
- Exotic mesons - non-quark model mesons
- Exotic matter - a hypothetical concept of particle physics
- In other fields:
- Exotic pet - non common pet
- Exotic cat - a breed of cat
- Exotic dancer - a type of dancer or stripper
- Exotic derivatives - a type of financial derivatives
- Exotic pet - non common pet
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