technical vocabulary
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftechnicalandvocabulary
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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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vocabulary
noun
uk/vəˈkæb.jə.lər.i/us/voʊˈkæb.jə.ler.i/
all the words known and used by a ...
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(Definition oftechnicalandvocabularyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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No interviewees in this research analysed contracts using thistechnicalvocabularywith these meanings.
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An issue of increasing importance to modern users of dictionaries is the treatment oftechnicalvocabulary.
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Responses which show an absence oftechnicalvocabularymay nevertheless communicate a sense of the music.
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This project also involved establishing a specialisttechnicalvocabulary.
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The case is presented in philosophical competent way but without use oftechnicalvocabularyand with little reference to learned literature.
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Thetechnicalvocabularyis different from our own, therefore the knowledge of practical procedures may provide clues to concepts expressed in source texts.
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This interaction modality is typically suited for users who are not experienced with the system to be diagnosed or are unfamiliar with thetechnicalvocabulary.
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The end result is that thetechnicalvocabularyis expanded to include both object terms and action verbs, as well as common modifiers and other collocates for them.
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The sounds and written characters, and even the syntax and phonology of languages can also be described in concrete ordinary language, augmented with diagrams andtechnicalvocabulary.
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Some analytical aspects are relatively sophisticated however, relying on atechnicalvocabulary, and will certainly need to be explained to students.
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The conclusion to be drawn is that the use oftechnicalvocabularymay not be evidence of musical understanding.
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The second example of apparent gobbledygook, on the other hand, is simply a case oftechnicalvocabulary.
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Smith was distinguishing between two approaches to writing about music:technicalvocabularyversus metaphoric, emotionally exciting language.
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Suppose you are translating a scientific text into a language that does not already have atechnicalvocabulary.
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In other words, she is downplaying her knowledge of thetechnicalvocabularyused by natural philosophers.
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This preparatory program enables foreign students to acquire the kind oftechnicalvocabularyand language proficiency demanded by the advanced-level, university entrance exam.
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She also states that the traditional structures of form from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were conserved while drawing upon a contemporarytechnicalvocabulary.
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Each field of study has developed its own research traditions andtechnicalvocabulary, making it difficult to integrate insights across disciplines.
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