Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
An exception, or something having an exceptional value
Superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality.
Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having at least 100 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 850–875, and weighing approximately 2,500 tons burthen.
A first-rate ship of the line.