specialized vocabulary
Field-specific language
Specialized vocabulary refers to words and expressions used within a particular field, profession, or activity.
Medical terminology, legal jargon, and technical language in computing are all specialized vocabularies—terms that insiders understand readily but outsiders may find opaque: The paper was dense with specialized vocabulary that only geneticists would recognize.
Also called terminology or jargon.
- formulasSymbolic rules for calculation
- buzzwordsTrendy technical jargon
- tech talkIndustry terminology discussion
- terminologySubject-specific vocabulary
- medical terminologyHealthcare field's specialized vocabulary
argot · legalese · patois · slang · colloquialisms · culinary terms · protocols · trade language · cant · code words · nomenclature · vernaculars · military codes · specifications · idiomatic expressions · dialects · abbreviations · classifications
- vocabularyword, words, new words, term, terms
- dictionariesdictionary, dictionaries, definitions, definition, entries
- reference booksdictionary, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri
- translationtranslator, literal translation, literary translation, free translation, French translation
- dictionary partsdefinition, words, entry, definitions, part of speech
- Spanish lexicographybilingual dictionaries, word definitions, glossaries, thesauri, synonyms
specialized vocabularyeveryday language
Ordinary spoken communication
common parlance · plain language · everyday speech · layman's terms · plain English
specialized vocabularyaccessible language
Wording easy to understand
shared vocabulary · common parlance · lingua franca · public discourse · popular speech
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