technical term

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technical
adjective
uk
/ˈtek.nɪ.kəl/us
/ˈtek.nɪ.kəl/
relating to the knowledge, machines, or methods used in science ...
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term
noun
uk
/tɜːm/us
/tɝːm/
the fixed period of time that something ...
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(Definition oftechnicalandtermfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftechnical term

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As explained above, ' know of ' is atechnicalterm.
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Edwards defines it stipulatively, transforming it into atechnicalterm.
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There seems to be notechnicaltermfor this process.
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This is by far the most frequenttechnicaltermextracted from the paper.
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Otherwise, the string is accepted as a possibletechnicalterm, provided it passes the frequency constraint.
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It is important to notice that ' love ' functions as atechnicaltermin this context.
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Notechnicalterm, historical personage, or geographical reference is left unexplained.
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Atechnicaltermshould never be taught first, and its application searched for afterwards.
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Thetechnicaltermfor this is 'making a cast' or 'casting around'.
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Thetechnicaltermfor this phenomenon is that the two measurements commute.
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Thetechnicaltermfor our retirement date t is a 'stopping time'.
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I will state it momentarily, after having introduced atechnicalterm.
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They might have a case if phatic communication were not an already established and widely acceptedtechnicalterm.
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But, if ' matter ' is simply atechnicaltermfor unformed potential, a low view was hardly surprising.
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When users perform these actions, the assumption is made that they had not been familiar with the respectivetechnicalterm.
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Perhaps the first (most obviously) is that enté is not merely atechnicalterm: it has a wide currency.
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For example, the term ' senescence' is atechnicaltermin biogerontology and frequently used in the study of cell processes.
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That is atechnicalterm.
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Thetechnicaltermis "cumulation".
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It is atechnicalterm.
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This is atechnicalterm.
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Undervaluation is atechnicalterm.
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Is it atechnicalterm?
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That is the propertechnicalterm.
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Nor is "gross indecency" atechnicalterm.
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