Meaning of exceptional in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• An exception, or something having an exceptional value

adjective

• Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.

  Example: What an exceptional flower!

• Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.

  Example: The quality of the beer was exceptional.

• Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.

  Example: an exceptional curve; an exceptional divisor