extraordinary /eks-trörˈdi-nə-ri or -din-ri, also eks-trə-örˈ or iks-trörˈ/

1. Not usual or regular
2. Remarkable or wonderful
3. Special or additional (eg physician extraordinary in a royal household, and extraordinary professor in a German university, both being subordinate to the ordinary official)
4. For a particular purpose (eg extraordinary general meeting)

extraordˈinaries plural noun

Things that exceed the usual order, kind or method

extraordˈinarily adverb

extraordˈinariness noun

extraordinary ray noun

In double refraction, the ray that does not obey the ordinary law of refraction

extraordinary rendition noun (US; euphem)

The covert transporting of individuals, esp terrorist suspects, to undisclosed destinations for the purpose of interrogation

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