Term

A term is a word or word-combination that precisely and unambiguously designates a scientific, technical or professional concept within a certain field of knowledge. Unlike a common word, a term is devoid of emotional-expressive colouring, polysemy and imagery; it strives for definitional clarity and systematic correlation with other terms of the field. The aggregate of the terms of a particular science forms its terminology. In literature terms are used for the faithful reproduction of a professional milieu or scientific atmosphere or, conversely, for the creation of a comic effect in an unusual context. Terminology studies investigates the regularities of the formation, functioning and ordering of terms; the development of Ukrainian scientific terminology is an important component of the formation of the literary language and national culture.