1. (

• classical_music ,
• classical ,
• serious_music

) traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste ;

1. (

• classical ,
• classic

) of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.; "classic Chinese pottery"; "classical Marxism" ;

2. (

• classical

) of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome; "a classical scholar" ;

3. (

• classical

) of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors; "classical Greek" ;

4. (

• classical ,
• classic

) well-known and long-established in form or style; "a classical ballet"; "classic double-breasted suit"; "the classic struggle between good and evil" ;

5. (

• classical ,

) (physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics ;

6. (

• classical ,

) of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas; "classical music" ;

7. (

• classical ,
• Greco-Roman ,
• Graeco-Roman

) of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture; "classical mythology"; "the classical world" ;