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- noun Plural form of
dictionary .
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True the COD defines it as the science of processing data for storage and retrieval but I have always thought of it as falling into the category of what I call dictionary words: Some words are found in dictionaries but are hardly ever used outside them.
Informatics 2009
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In my Guide to English Language Usage I say information technology (IT): The word informatics appears in dictionaries but is not in common current use.
Informatics 2009
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Ampersand, the name by which we know & today, is a corrupt abridgement of the phrase, and first appeared in dictionaries in 1837.
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In my Guide to English Language Usage I say information technology (IT): The word informatics appears in dictionaries but is not in common current use.
Informatics 2009
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True the COD defines it as the science of processing data for storage and retrieval but I have always thought of it as falling into the category of what I call dictionary words: Some words are found in dictionaries but are hardly ever used outside them.
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Although I don't know Latin, I have been able to create a rough translation of these words with a little help from the various online Latin dictionaries and the one I pulled out of my vest pocket.
Archive 2009-01-01 AYDIN 2009
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(Most Latin dictionaries will simply give you the information “curia, – ae, fem.”, for example, and the user is expected to deduce from this that curiam is the proper form needed after the preposition per.) Throbert McGee (Quote)
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This has changed in recent years with the introduction of US versions of originally UK style advanced learner dictionaries from the UK, employing IPA symbols mapped onto a provisional GA.
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One of the better etymology dictionaries is found here.
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In my Guide to English Language Usage I say information technology (IT): The word informatics appears in dictionaries but is not in common current use.
ruzuzu commented on the word dictionaries
Ah, wiktionary: "Plural form of dictionarie."
November 16, 2010