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| im·pe·ri·al [ im pree əl ] |
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1. of empire or emperor: involving or relating to an empire or its ruler
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2. indicating country's authority: involving or relating to the authority of a country over colonies or other countries
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3. supremely powerful: holding supreme power
  All are subject to the imperial power of the state.
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4. grand: very grand or majestic
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5. of U.K. nonmetric measures: in the United Kingdom, belonging or conforming to the nonmetric system of weights and measures that includes the foot, pound, and gallon
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noun (plural im·pe·ri·als) |
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1. paper size: the largest of the traditional U.S. and U.K. paper sizes. The U.S. imperial measures 584 x 838 mm (23 x 33 in.) The U.K. imperial measures 559 x 762 mm (22 x 30 in.)
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2. small beard: a tuft or point of hair grown on the chin or below the lower lip. This style was made fashionable by the French emperor Napoleon III.
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3. relative of emperor or empress: somebody belonging to an imperial family
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4. transportation trunk for luggage: especially in the past, a chest put onto the top of a coach to store travelers' bags, or the part of a coach's roof where this chest fits
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5. beverages large wine bottle: a wine bottle containing the equivalent of eight standard bottles, used for claret
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin imperialis< imperium (see empire)] |
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| im·pe·ri·al·ly adverb |
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