unique.

Definition of unique. in English English dictionary: one-shot; Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched; Of a feature, such that only one holder has it; being the only one of its kind; {s} singular, matchless, unequaled, rare; one of a kind; In art terms, meaning one-of-a-kind A painting could be described as unique, but a limited edition should not; A keyword found on some cards, usually Character cards You can't play a Unique card if there's already a copy of that card in play It's fine if both players have the same starting Character, though; Unusual; A figure without rank stars You may only have one of each unique figure in any army; unique; A coin of which only one specimen is known to exist, e g the U S 1870-S $3 gold piece; Something that is unique is the only one of its kind. Each person's signature is unique The area has its own unique language, Catalan. + uniquely unique·ly Because of the extreme cold, the Antarctic is a uniquely fragile environment Uniquely among the great world religions, Buddhism is rooted only in the universal experience of suffering known to all human beings. + uniqueness unique·ness Each time I returned I was struck by the uniqueness of Australia and its people; Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole; A collectors item of which only one specimen exists Some errors are unique; I can't explain it Unusual I've only got two of them; 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"; 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"; unico / unica; Being only one of its self; approval You can use unique to describe things that you admire because they are very unusual and special. Brett's vocals are just unique Kauffman was a woman of unique talent and determination. + uniquely unique·ly people who consider themselves uniquely qualified to be president of the United States; Conditions Grid/Table – An integer grid formed from the combination of two or more evidential themes (input themes), in which the class values represent uniquely-occurring combinations of the classes of the input themes Each class value is therefore a "unique condition", or unique combination of the input themes The attribute table associated with the unique conditions grid (unique conditions table) has one record per unique condition class, and contains fields with posterior probability and other calculated variables Refer to Weights of Evidence Method, Map Combination; ArcView On-Line Help Topic: Combine (Grid); Calculating Response Theme; Of a rare quality; statistically independent from other series (when used in the context of data-led forecasting); The index contains only unique values; No one else would want it; (followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality; "a species unique to Australia"; An item of which one specimen only is known to exist; no more than six competitors; A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled; 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"; If something is unique to one thing, person, group, or place, it concerns or belongs only to that thing, person, group, or place. No one knows for sure why adolescence is unique to humans This interesting and charming creature is unique to Borneo. + uniquely unique·ly The problem isn't uniquely American; A keyword found on some cards (usually Characters) You can't play a Unique card if there's already a copy of that card in play But it is okay for both players to have the same starting character; A "unique" is a measurement by a first-time visitor If he returns to the same page a little while later then the page will load significantly faster, because the html and pictures will still be in the cache of his browser or proxy-caching server PageTimer therefore differentiates between "unique" (first-time) and "reload" measurements A measurement is counted as a "unique" if the same visitor has not visited the same TimerID less than 1 hour ago; Redefined item, typically a combination of file-type, file-number, case-status, land-status, and in some cases patent-number, and decision-date used to uniquely identify an action; Unique means one of a kind It has an absolute meaning, so it's incorrect to say that one thing is "more unique" than another When you mean interesting, unusual, or novel, prefer that more precise word