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allotermin

allotermin noun: any of the different realisations of a termineme under a specific domain or environment. For instance, [MORPHOLOGY]_(TERM) is an abstract unit (i.e., termineme) with the meaning of "the study of forms of ..."; however, it gets alloterminalized as "the science of forms of living organisms" under biology, "the study of forms of words" under linguistics, "the general theory of form or formation" under philosophy, and "the science of forms of chemicals" under chemistry.

allotermin: any of the different realisations of a termineme under a specific domain or environment. For...
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Noun

allotermin (plural allotermins)

  1. (terminology) Any of the different realisations of a termineme under a specific domain or environment. For instance, [MORPHOLOGY]_(TERM) is an abstract unit (i.e., termineme) with the meaning of "the study of forms of ..."; however, it gets alloterminalized as "the science of forms of living organisms" under biology, "the study of forms of words" under linguistics, "the general theory of form or formation" under philosophy, and "the science of forms of chemicals" under chemistry.

Forms of allotermin

pluralallotermins

Origin of allotermin

Analogous to allophone, allomorph, from allo- + Medieval Latin terminus (“a term”).

Questions about allotermin

What does allotermin mean?
Allotermin means any of the different realisations of a termineme under a specific domain or environment. For instance, [MORPHOLOGY]_(TERM) is an abstract unit (i.e., termineme) with the meaning of "the study of forms of ..."; however, it gets alloterminalized as "the science of forms of living organisms" under biology, "the study of forms of words" under linguistics, "the general theory of form or formation" under philosophy, and "the science of forms of chemicals" under chemistry.
What part of speech is allotermin?
Allotermin is a noun.
What is the plural of allotermin?
The plural of allotermin is allotermins.

Words near allotermin in the dictionary

  1. allotaxonographs
  2. allotaxonometric
  3. allotaxonometry
  4. allotee
  5. allotees
  6. allotermin
  7. allotetraploid
  8. allotetraploidies
  9. allotetraploidisation
  10. allotetraploidization
  11. allotetraploidizations

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