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semantics, especially the study of semantic change.
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Semasiology
has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
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| semasiology (sɪˌmeɪsɪˈɒlədʒɪ) | |
| —n | |
| another name for semantics | |
| [C19: from Greek sēmasia meaning, from sēmainein to signify + | |
| semasiological | |
| —adj | |
| semasio'logically | |
| —adv | |
| semasi'ologist | |
| —n | |
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