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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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| prank | trick |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |