Language of the Specialists: A Communications Guide to Twenty Different FieldsMario Pei This work is an attempt to provide a sample of vocabulary from the specialized fields for the lay person to consume in order that they might wade into those fields more deeply. |
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... equipment . Few audiophiles enjoy playing their equipment at less than concert - hall volume . BACKUP . This word designates an item or component that is intended to take over the function of another device in case of failure . A set of ...
... equipment . Few audiophiles enjoy playing their equipment at less than concert - hall volume . BACKUP . This word designates an item or component that is intended to take over the function of another device in case of failure . A set of ...
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... equipment has provisions for artificially boost- ing these frequencies . All authorities , however , do not agree on the success of this method . PROGRAM . A particular sequence of operations that a com- puter must perform in order to ...
... equipment has provisions for artificially boost- ing these frequencies . All authorities , however , do not agree on the success of this method . PROGRAM . A particular sequence of operations that a com- puter must perform in order to ...
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... equipment . The terms scow and barge are interchangeable . A scow is a barge on the inland waterways , and barges are scows on the Great Lakes , the Gulf , and the coastal waterways . SCRAPER . An excavating machine , sometimes called a ...
... equipment . The terms scow and barge are interchangeable . A scow is a barge on the inland waterways , and barges are scows on the Great Lakes , the Gulf , and the coastal waterways . SCRAPER . An excavating machine , sometimes called a ...
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LANGUAGE OF ASTRONOMY | 1 |
LANGUAGE OF MILITARY AFFAIRS | 20 |
LANGUAGE OF PHILOSOPHY | 61 |
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