Technical terminology

A term, rarely also technical term ( the genus; Pl terms or technical terms ), is a designation for a defined term within the jargon of a specialist area. Terminus may, however, in addition to the purely linguistic naming also the semantic content, the term itself appeal.

A similar designation is technical term. A technical term is a linguistic expression that is used in a technical language and there has a special meaning. Technical term applies, across -word, as a more suitable replacement word for Terminus, as a term can be not only in the form of a Einwortbenennung, but also as a multi-word name ( also multi-word term ).

The set of all terms of a subject area, the names of all concepts, forms the respective subject-specific terminology. With the investigation and preparation of the terminology is employed the terminology theory.

Etymology

The word terminus is in the meaning of " fixed term, -word " is in German since the 15th century. It is considered as a further development of the Latin terminus ( " fixed (limiting) point "). The latinisierende turn technical term originated in the 17th century. The composite formation from terminus and -logy to terminology, as " fixed vocabulary ," developed in the 18th century.

Definitions

The DIN 2342 ( 1992:3 ) defines the terms of terminology theory:

As the term defined DIN 2342 ( 1992:1 ):

As the designation DIN 2342 defines ( 1992:2 ):

These relationships between concept, naming and object based on the semiotic triangle. In this respect, this definition aims that under terminus not only the linguistic expression, but also its meaning content ( term ) is understood. In contrast, ISO 1087-1 defined ( 2000:6 ) term as:

This corresponds to the German term "designation" and the designation " name". These respective standardization are thus not congruent, the English term and the German term not equivalent. In the practical study of terminology but these differences do not mean much. However, there are this background simplified term definitions, let the term disregarded:

  • " A defined and standardized definition. "
  • " A defined but not necessarily standardized definition. "
  • " Technical term of a single science, which is defined exactly in a theory-based terminology. "
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