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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Incomparable \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: incomparable 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" [syn: {uncomparable}] [ant: {comparable}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: incomparableTwo elements a, b of a set are incomparable under some relation <= if neither a <= b, nor b <= a. (1995-09-21)
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