modern terminology
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmodernandterminology
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modern
adjective
uk/ˈmɒd.ən/us/ˈmɑː.dɚn/
designed and made using the most recent ideas ...
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terminology
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌtɜː.mɪˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/us/ˌtɝː.məˈnɑː.lə.dʒi/
special words or expressions used in relation to a particular subject ...
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(Definition ofmodernandterminologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmodern terminology
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Although he does not use themodernterminology, he alludes to principal-agent problems and rent-seeking behaviour.
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Demonstrations are arguments whose claims are made from premises that are true and primary known, in moremodernterminology, as analytic proofs.
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In a moremodernterminology, what law refuses to recognise it is up to equity to mend.
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Inmodernterminology, his work showed that some of these diseases could be explained by a mutation at a single locus that results in a defective allele.
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They refer to horses, beasts and oxen instead of usingmodernterminology.
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Inmodernterminology, that means that there must be bigger landings.
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It was originally, to use the estate agents'modernterminology, a good middle-class family house, a desirable residence.
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That is why we thought we would make this revision and put it intomodernterminology.
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In the end they found themselves keeping a seat warm, to use themodernterminology.
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They want it to be given what, inmodernterminology, is called a "good image" before the public.
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They demand, and must be supplied with, top class facilities and speedy check in—in effect, to usemodernterminology, hassle-free journeys.
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The phrase "modernterminology" which has been used lacks at least one element and that is brevity.
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Inmodernterminology, that would be called parity of esteem.
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Modernterminologyhas a great way of saying things at immense length which in many cases could be said a good deal shorter.
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The amendment updates the clause with the moremodernterminologyof "heard and determined in private", which provides consistency with the language used in the rest of the statute book.
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As the duty of the ombudsman is to nag, it may well be thought more appropriate to have an ombudswoman or, inmodernterminology, an "ombudsperson".
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Over the years there has been an increasing need not only for consolidation in moremodernterminology of all those scattered provisions but for clarification of the law.
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That is exactly the sort of matter that we consider in our very careful appraisal of all proposals for ring roads—or, to use the moremodernterminology, bypass proposals.
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More strictly this defines an affine tangent space, distinct from the space of tangent vectors described bymodernterminology.
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Inmodernterminologythis equates to comparing the cost of capital with the return on capital.
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