descriptive term

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descriptive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/us
/dɪˈskrɪp.t̬ɪv/
describing something, especially in a detailed, ...
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term
noun
uk
/tɜːm/us
/tɝːm/
the fixed period of time that something ...
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(Definition ofdescriptiveandtermfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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How is it used asdescriptiveterm?
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There are times when a longer,descriptivetermis preferred, however.
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In fact, it cannot even manage its own use as adescriptiveterm.
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It is adescriptiveterm.
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This is thedescriptivetermwhich will be applied to the social stratum with which this theme issue deals.
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We have chosen to use the term ' nonconjunctional ' as a moredescriptiveterm, not involving developmental implications.
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Rather, we have to ask what is the concept or idea to which we wish to attach thedescriptiveterm.
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The focus on public duties was at the heart of the elevation of "negligence" from adescriptiveterm to a nearly all-encompassing category of actions.
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For that reason, clinical depression is underrated because it shares the samedescriptiveterm.
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It is a factual,descriptiveterm.
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Snelson prefers thedescriptivetermfloating compression.
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However, it is still used as adescriptiveterm.
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I believe that people would be genuinely surprised to be summonsed for using thedescriptiveterm"hoovering the carpet".
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It is possible to take a category such as "gravity-wave scientists" as a neutraldescriptivetermthat collects together all the scientists who actually work on gravity waves.
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Some units of layered plains have names using thedescriptiveterm"planum" (pl. "plana").
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Aicill seems to be adescriptivetermapplied to mountainous country.
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The term sostenuto is perhaps not the bestdescriptivetermfor what this pedal actually does.
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Instead, heliozoa is regarded as adescriptivetermapplying to various lines of protists.
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Point is considered a more suitabledescriptivetermfor this feature than cape.
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The olddescriptivetermof small non-cleaved cell is misleading.
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Strictly speaking, thedescriptivetermforced swimming test should be preferred.
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It was dropped as adescriptivetermfrom the 2001 census because of potential offence.
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These games are generally less frequently described as non-violent due to the self-evident nature of thedescriptiveterm.
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Thedescriptivetermused is based on the type of feature named and how it was first discovered.
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