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diafrequential

diafrequential adjective: concerned with or relating to the ways in which a term's frequency may vary across different contexts and situations.

Adjective

diafrequential (not comparable)

  1. Concerned with or relating to the ways in which a term's frequency may vary across different contexts and situations.
    • a diafrequential usage label
    • According to Hausmann (1977, Ch. 8), lexically relevant units can receive — typically by means of labels or usage notes — any or all of the following types of diasystematic marking: diachronic (e.g. archaic, neologism); diatopic (e.g. American English for elevator 'lift', British English for loo)...1991, “Lexicography”, in Kirsten Malmkjær, editor, The Linguistics Encyclopedia, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 295, column 2

Origin of diafrequential

From dia- + frequential.

Questions about diafrequential

What does diafrequential mean?
Diafrequential means concerned with or relating to the ways in which a term's frequency may vary across different contexts and situations.
What part of speech is diafrequential?
Diafrequential is an adjective.

Words near diafrequential in the dictionary

  1. diafiltrates
  2. diafiltrating
  3. diafiltration
  4. diafiltrations
  5. diaforase
  6. diafrequential
  7. diag
  8. diageneses
  9. diagenesis
  10. diagenetic
  11. diagenetically

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