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TERMINOLOGY

the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject

The meaning of the word terminology is the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject.

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composta mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
confluencea coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point
apocalypticof, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse
numismatistthe study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals)
slacknot using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent
evasivetending or intended to evade : equivocal
sadisticof, relating to, or characterized by sadism
factitiousproduced by humans rather than by natural forces
astigmatisma defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image