Exotic may refer to:
Mathematics and physics
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Exotic R4, a differentiable 4-manifold, homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to the Euclidean space R
4
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Exotic sphere
In an area of mathematics called differential topology, an exotic sphere is a differentiable manifold ''M'' that is homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to the standard Euclidean ''n''-sphere. That is, ''M'' is a sphere from the point of view of al ...
, a differentiable ''n''-manifold, homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to the ordinary ''n''-sphere
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Exotic atom, an atom with one or more electrons replaced by other negatively charged particles
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Exotic hadron
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Exotic baryon, bound states of 3 quarks and additional particles
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Exotic meson, non-quark model mesons
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Exotic matter, a hypothetical concept of particle physics
Music
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"Exotic" (1963 song), a song by The Sentinals from the 1963 album ''Surf Crazy - Original Surfin' Hits''
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"Exotic" (Lil Baby song), 2018
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"Exotic" (Priyanka Chopra song), a 2012 song by Priyanka Chopra featuring Pitbull
Flora and fauna
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Exotic pet
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Exotic Shorthair
The Exotic Shorthair is a breed of cat developed as a short-haired version of the Persian. The Exotic is similar to the Persian in many ways, including temperament and conformation, a flat nose and face with the exceptions of the short dense coa ...
, a breed of cat
*Exotic species (or
introduced species
An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there ...
), a species not native to an area
Other
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Exotic dancer, a type of dancer or stripper
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Exotic derivative
An exotic derivative, in finance, is a derivative which is more complex than commonly traded "vanilla" products. This complexity usually relates to determination of payoff; see option style.
The category may also include derivatives with a non-s ...
, a type of financial derivative
See also
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Exoticism
Exoticism (from "exotic") is a trend in European art and design, whereby artists became fascinated with ideas and styles from distant regions and drew inspiration from them. This often involved surrounding foreign cultures with mystique and fantas ...
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Exotica (disambiguation)
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