Meanings
- pluralplural onlycomputer assisted terminography
Terminography is the methodology-based practice of collecting, describing, and processing specialized terms, while terminotics refers to the practice of terminography assisted by computer tools and technologies, such as those designed for term extraction and parallel corpora creation.
c. 2011 "Terminology Studies," Translation Romani (website) (accessed 20 September 2015)
Origin
Blend of terminology + informatics, or else coined from terminology + -ics (possibly influenced by informatics).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French terminotique
- terminotiqueTranslations
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terminotics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terminotics
“terminotics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terminotics. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “terminotics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terminotics.
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