terminological

terminological

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Etymology

    From terminology + -ical.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) enPR: tûr'mənəlŏʹjĭkəl, IPA(key): /ˌtɜɹmənəlˈɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
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    Adjective

    terminological (not comparable)

    1. Of, or relating to terminology.
      • 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 8, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 419:
        In earlier works, what is here called S-structure was frequently referred to as ‘Surface Structureʼ; but in more recent work a crucial terminological distinction has been drawn between S-structure ( = the output of the Syntactic Component of our Grammar) and Surface Structure ( = the output of the Phonological Component).

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