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Term , term / tərm/ • n. 1. a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept, esp. in a particular kind of language or branch of study: the… Form , FORM
From the Latin forma, a term signifying figure or shape or "that which is seen" (Gr. ε[symbol omitted]δος) and having many derived meanings, suc… multi- , multi- comb. form of L. multus much, many; the earliest comps. in Eng. are multiformity, multiloquy (XVI) talkativeness, multifarious (XVII) many and… FORMATIVE , FORMATIVE.
1. In PHILOLOGY, a derivational AFFIX, especially one that determines part of speech or WORD class: -ness in darkness, forming a noun from… Fenestrae , fenestrae Irregular cavities found in muddy intertidal to supratidal carbonate sediments. They take a number of forms: birdseye fenestrae (irregular,… Negros , Negro
The term Negro emerged as a social and political marker for Africans south of the Sahara in the fifteenth century. In its earliest usage it gen…
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