a lexicon covering the terminologies of several scientific fields
the terminology favored by sportscasters
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First Known Use: 1770
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearargot, cant, dialect, jargon, jive, language, lingo, patois, patter, shop, shoptalk, slang, vocabulary;
colloquialism, idiom, localism, parlance, pidgin, provincialism, regionalism, speech, vernacular;
Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for terminology Spanish Central: Translation of terminology Nglish: Translation of terminology for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of terminology for Arabic speakers
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