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diatechnical

diatechnical adjective: concerned with or relating to how language is used across particular technical fields.

Adjective

diatechnical (not comparable)

  1. Concerned with or relating to how language is used across particular technical fields.
    • a diatechnical 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 diatechnical

From dia- + technical.

Questions about diatechnical

What does diatechnical mean?
Diatechnical means concerned with or relating to how language is used across particular technical fields.
What part of speech is diatechnical?
Diatechnical is an adjective.

Words near diatechnical in the dictionary

  1. diasystem
  2. diasystematic
  3. diasystemic
  4. diasystems
  5. diate
  6. diatechnical
  7. diatessara
  8. diatessaron
  9. diatessarons
  10. diatexite
  11. diatexites

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