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descriptive term

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descriptive
adjective
uk /dɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/ us /dɪˈskrɪp.t̬ɪv/
describing something, especially in a detailed, ...
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term
noun
uk /tɜːm/ us /tɝːm/
the fixed period of time that something ...
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Examples of descriptive term


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How is it used as descriptiveterm?
There are times when a longer, descriptiveterm is preferred, however.
In fact, it cannot even manage its own use as a descriptiveterm.
It is a descriptiveterm.
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This is the descriptiveterm which will be applied to the social stratum with which this theme issue deals.
We have chosen to use the term ' nonconjunctional ' as a more descriptiveterm, not involving developmental implications.
Rather, we have to ask what is the concept or idea to which we wish to attach the descriptiveterm.
The focus on public duties was at the heart of the elevation of "negligence" from a descriptive term to a nearly all-encompassing category of actions.
For that reason, clinical depression is underrated because it shares the same descriptiveterm.
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It is a factual, descriptiveterm.
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Snelson prefers the descriptiveterm floating compression.
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However, it is still used as a descriptiveterm.
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I believe that people would be genuinely surprised to be summonsed for using the descriptiveterm "hoovering the carpet".
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It is possible to take a category such as "gravity-wave scientists" as a neutral descriptiveterm that collects together all the scientists who actually work on gravity waves.
Some units of layered plains have names using the descriptiveterm "planum" (pl. "plana").
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Wikipedia

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Aicill seems to be a descriptiveterm applied to mountainous country.
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The term sostenuto is perhaps not the best descriptiveterm for what this pedal actually does.
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Instead, heliozoa is regarded as a descriptiveterm applying to various lines of protists.
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Point is considered a more suitable descriptiveterm for this feature than cape.
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The old descriptiveterm of small non-cleaved cell is misleading.
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Strictly speaking, the descriptiveterm forced swimming test should be preferred.
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It was dropped as a descriptiveterm from the 2001 census because of potential offence.
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These games are generally less frequently described as non-violent due to the self-evident nature of the descriptiveterm.
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The descriptiveterm used is based on the type of feature named and how it was first discovered.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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