A-Z: General definitions
- T.S. Eliot
- Tabernacle
- Tablets of the Law
- Taboo
- Tale
- Talisman
- Talmud
- Tantalus
- Tarquinius Superbus
- Tartarus
- Tautology
- Tax-collector
- Te Deum
- Teachers of the law
- Technical lexis
- Teiresias
- Telemachus
- Temperament
- Temperance
- Templar
- Temple
- Temple of Vesta
- Tempo Rubato
- Temporal
- Tempt
- Temptation
- Tempter
- Ten Commandments
- Tense
- Tent of Meeting
- Tercet
- Terence
- Tertullian
- Terza Rima
A-Z: General definitions: Technical lexis
Definition
This is language which is specialised, and has a meaning for the specific field in which it is used, e.g. ‘dendrite’ (science), ‘purl’ (knitting), ‘travel’ (basketball), ‘shrinkage’ (retail). Another term for this type of language is ‘jargon’.
