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Meaning of historical

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  historical
      adj 1: of or relating to the study of history; "historical
             scholars"; "a historical perspective" [ant:
             {ahistorical}]
      2: having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world
         as distinct from being legendary; "the historical Jesus";
         "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual
         historical events"
      3: belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the
         past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times";
         "a historical character" [syn: {historic}, {historical}]
      4: used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it
         changes through time; "diachronic linguistics" [syn:
         {diachronic}, {historical}] [ant: {synchronic}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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