Subtechnical Terms Applicable to
All Scientific Fields
A
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| abolishment, abolition, to abolish |
| absolute, absolutely |
| abstract, abstraction |
| acceleration, deacceleration, to accelerate, to
deaccelerate |
| accurate, accuracy |
| addition, additional, additionally, to add |
| adjacent, adjacency |
| administration, administrative, to administer |
| advantage, advantageous, disadvantage,
disadvantageous |
| affected, to affect |
| aggregate, aggregation |
| alignment, to align |
| alternate, alternately, alternatively, to
alternate |
| altitude |
| ambiguity, ambiguous, unambiguous |
| analogy, analogue |
| analysis, analytic, analytical, analyst, to
analyze |
| angle, angular |
| answer, answerable, to answer |
| apparatus |
| application, applicant, applicable, to apply |
| appropriate, appropriately, appropriateness |
| approximate, approximately, to approximate |
| arbitrary, arbitrarily |
| area |
| arithmetic, arithmetical, arithmetically |
| ascent, descent, to ascend, to descend |
| assertion, to assert |
| assumption, to assume |
| atmosphere, atmospheric |
| attainment, attainability, to attain |
| attributable, to attribute |
| authenticity, authentic, authentically, to
authenticate |
| author, authority, authoritative, to author |
| auxiliary |
| average, to average |
| avoidable, unavoidable, to avoid |
| awkwardness, awkward, awkwardly |
| axis, axes, X axis, Y axis |
B
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| balance, imbalance, to balance |
| band, to band |
| base, basic, basically, basis |
| behavior, to behave |
| biology, biological |
| boiling, to boil |
C
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| calculation, to calculate |
| cancellation, to cancel |
| capital, capitalist, capitalism, capitalization,
to capitalize |
| category, to categorize |
| causal, causality, to cause |
| certain, certainty, uncertainty |
| character, characteristic, to characterize |
| chart, to chart |
| circle, semicircle, circular, circulation, to
circle, to circulate |
| circumference |
| claim, to claim |
| class, classical, classification, to classify |
| cold, cool, to cool |
| column, columnar |
| communication, communicative, to communicate |
| comparison, comparable, to compare |
| compensation, compensatory, to compensate |
| competition, to compete |
| complication, to complicate |
| composition, component, composite, to compose |
| compression, compressibility, to compress |
| computation, computational, to compute |
| concave |
| concentrate, concentration, to concentrate |
| concept, to conceptualize |
| concreteness, concrete, concretely |
| condition, conditional, to condition |
| conduction, conductivity, conductor, conductive,
to conduct |
| cone, conical, conically, conicity, to be conical |
| connection, to connect |
| consecutive, consecutively |
| consequent, consequently, consequence |
| conservation, conservative, to conserve |
| consideration, considerable, considerably, to
consider |
| constant, constantly |
| construct, construction, constructive, to
construct |
| container, containment, containable, to contain |
| context, contextual, to contextualize |
| continuity, continuous, to continue |
| contract, contraction, contractile,
contractibility, to contract |
| contrast, contrastive, to contrast |
| contribution, contributive, contributing, to
contribute |
| convergence, convergent, to converge |
| converse, conversion, to convert |
| convex |
| cooperation, cooperative, to cooperate |
| coordinate, coordination, to coordinate |
| core |
| corollary |
| correlate, correlation, correlative, to correlate |
| correspond, corresponding, correspondence, to
correspond |
| corroborate, corroborative, to corroborate |
| criterion, criteria, |
| critic, critical, to criticize, to critique |
| cube, cubical, to cube |
| cumbersome |
| current, currently |
| curve, curvature |
| cycle, cyclic, cyclical |
| cylinder, cylindrical |
D
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| damage, to damage |
| data |
| decrease, to decrease |
| deductive, deductively, deduction, to deduce |
| definition, definitive, definite, to define |
| demonstration, demonstrator, demonstrative, to
demonstrate |
| density, denseness, dense |
| depth, deep, to deepen |
| derivation, derivative, to derive |
| design, to design |
| detail, to detail |
| determination, determinant, determinate,
indeterminate, to determine |
| development, developmental, to develop |
| diagonal, diagonally |
| diameter, diametrical, diametrically |
| difference, different, to differ |
| dilution, to dilute |
| dimension, dimensional |
| direction, direct, indirect, directly,
indirectly, to direct |
| distinguishable, distinguished, to distinguish |
| distribution, distributable, distributive, to
distribute |
| divergent, to diverge |
| diversion, to divert |
| divide, division, |
| dynamics, dynamo, dynamic |
E
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| earth |
| ecology, ecological, ecologically |
| economy, economics, economist, economical, to
economize |
| edge |
| education, to educate |
| effect |
| electricity, electric, electrical,
electrification, to electrify |
| element, elementary, elemental |
| elevation, elevator, to elevate |
| elimination, to eliminate |
| ellipse, ellipsis, elliptical |
| emphasis, emphatic, to emphasize |
| empty, to empty |
| energy, energetic, to energize |
| entropy |
| equal, equality, inequality, equation |
| equilibrium, equilibration, to equilibrate |
| equivalence, to equal, to be equal to |
| estimate, estimation, to estimate |
| even, evenness, to even out, to even up |
| examination, examinable, to examine |
| exception, exceptional, to except |
| excess, excessive, to exceed |
| exertion, exertive, to exert |
| expansion, expansibility, expandable, expansible,
to expand |
| experiment, experimentation, experimental, to
experiment |
| explanation, explanatory, to explain |
| exponent, exponential, exponentially |
| expression, expressiveness, expressivity,
expressive, expressively, to express |
| extensibility, extensive, extendable, to extend |
F
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| facility, to facilitate |
| factor, factorial, to factor |
| fall, falling, to fall |
| figure, to figure out |
| finite, infinite |
| fluid, fluidity |
| foot, feet |
| form, formative, formation, to form |
| formula, formulaic |
| foundation, foundational, to found |
| fraction, fractional |
| frequency, frequently |
| frozen, to freeze |
| function, functional, to function |
| fundamental, fundamentally |
G
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| generation, to generate |
| geography, geographical |
| geometry, geometrical |
| globe, global |
| government, governmental, to govern |
| graph, graphic, to graph |
| gravity, gravitation, gravitational, to gravitate |
H
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| hard, hardness, to harden |
| heat, hot, to heat |
| height, high |
| horizontal, horizontally |
| humidity, humid |
| hyperbola, hyperbolic |
| hypothesis, hypothetical, to hypothesize |
I
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| ideal, idealism, idea, to idealize |
| identity, identification, identical, to identify |
| illustration, illustrative, to illustrate |
| imitation, imitative, to imitate |
| immediacy, immediate, immediately |
| implication, to imply |
| importance, important |
| incline, inclination, to incline |
| inclusion, inclusive, to include |
| increase, to increase |
| individual, to individuate |
| inductive, inductively, to induce |
| industry, industrial, to industrialize |
| inertia, inert |
| influence, influential, to influence |
| initial, initially, to initiate |
| insert, insertion, to insert |
| instrument, instrumental |
| integer |
| integral, integration, to integrate |
| interpretation, to interpret |
| intersect, intersection, to intersect |
| interval |
| introduction, to introduce |
| intuition, intuitive, to intuit |
K
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| knowledge, to know |
L
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| laboratory, lab |
| largeness, large, to enlarge |
| lateral, equilateral, laterally |
| less, to be less than |
| life, alive, to live, to be alive |
| limit, limiting, limitation, to limit |
| line, linear, non-linear |
| load, loaded, to load |
| locus, location, locatable, to locate |
| logic, logical, logically |
| long, length |
M
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| machine, machinery |
| macro |
| magnitude, magnitudinous |
| maintenance, to maintain |
| major, majority |
| manipulation, manipulative, to manipulate |
| mass |
| material, materialistic, to materialize |
| math, mathematics, mathematical, mathematician |
| maximum, maximal, to maximize |
| measure, measurement, to measure |
| mechanics, mechanical, mechanistic, to mechanize |
| mega |
| meter, metric, metrical, metrically |
| method, methodology, methodologist, methodical,
methodological |
| micro |
| minimum, minimal, to minimize |
| minor, minority |
| minus |
| mixture, to mix |
| mobile, mobility, to be mobile |
| mode, modality, modular, to modulate |
| model, to model |
| molecule, molecular, molecularity |
| momentum |
| more, to be more than |
| motion, motionless, to motion, to put in motion |
| multiple, multiplicity, multiplication, to
multiply |
N
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| nature, natural |
| negation, negative, to negate |
| negligence, negligent, negligible, negligibly |
| negotiation, negotiable, negotiability, to
negotiate |
| norm, normal, normally, normative |
| number, numerical, numerous, numerically, to
number, to enumerate |
O
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| object, to object, to objectify |
| obvious, obviously, to obviate |
| occasion, occasional, occasionally |
| occurrence, to occur |
| odd, oddness |
| operation, operative, to operate |
| opposite, opposition, to oppose |
| orbit, orbital, to orbit |
| order, ordinal, to order |
| ordinary, extraordinary, ordinarily |
| origin, original, originally, to originate |
P
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| parabola, parabolic, parabolical |
| parallel, parallelogram, parallelism |
| part, partial |
| peculiar, peculiarity |
| per capita |
| per, percent, percentage |
| permit, permission, permissible, to permit |
| perpendicular |
| pervasive, to pervade |
| phase, to phase out, to phase in |
| phenomenon, phenomena |
| photograph, photography, photographer,
photographic, to photograph |
| physics, physical |
| plan, to plan |
| point, to point |
| policy, politics, politician, political |
| poly |
| positive, to posit |
| potential, potentially |
| pound, to pound |
| power, horsepower, to power |
| precision, preciseness, precise |
| preliminary |
| principal, principally |
| principle |
| problem, problematic |
| procedure, process, to proceed |
| product, production, to produce |
| progress, progression, to progress |
| project, projection, projectile, projective, to
project |
| property |
| proposal, proposition, to propose |
| pull, to pull |
| pursue, to pursue |
| push, to push |
Q
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| quality, qualitative, qualifiable, qualifiably,
to qualify |
| quantity, quantitative, quantifiable,
quantifiably, to quantify |
R
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| radius, radii |
| random, randomly, to be random |
| rate, ratable, to rate |
| ratio, rational, irrational, rationale |
| real, reality, unreal, to realize |
| reason, reasonable, to reason |
| reciprocal, reciprocally, to reciprocate |
| recognize, recognizable |
| recommendation, to recommend |
| record, to record |
| rectangle, rectangular |
| reduction, to reduce |
| reflection, to reflect |
| regulation, regular, regulative, to regulate |
| relationship, relative, to relate |
| release, to release |
| remainder, to remain |
| repetition, repetitive, to repeat |
| report, to report |
| representation, representative, representable, to
represent |
| resemblance, to resemble |
| resistance, to resist |
| resource, resourceful, resourceless |
| respective, respectively, with respect to |
| restriction, restrictive, to restrict |
| result, resultant, to result |
| resumption, resumptive, to resume |
| reverse, reversal, to reverse |
| revolution, to revolve, to revolt |
| rotation, rotational, to rotate |
| rough, roughness, to roughen |
| row |
S
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| satisfaction, satisfactory, to satisfy |
| saturation, to saturate |
| scale, scalar |
| scheme, schematic |
| scope |
| score, to score |
| second, secondly, secondarily, to second |
| separation, separate, separable, to separate |
| sequence, sequential, to be in sequence |
| set, setup, to set up |
| significant, significantly, to signify |
| similar, similarity |
| simplification, simplicity, simple, to simplify |
| simultaneous, simultaneity |
| situation, situational, to situate |
| slope, to slope |
| smooth, smoothness, smoothly, to smooth |
| soft, softness, to soften |
| solution, solvable, unsolvable, to solve |
| specificity, specific, to specify |
| speed, to speed up |
| sphere, spherical |
| spiral, to spiral |
| square, to square |
| stability, instability, stable, unstable, to
stabilize |
| standard, to standarize |
| state, static, statics |
| statistics, statistical, statistically |
| step, to take a step |
| straightness, straight, straightforward |
| strength, strong, to strengthen |
| string, to string |
| structure, structural, to structure |
| submission, submittal, submittable, to submit |
| substitution, to substitute |
| subtraction, to subtract |
| summary, summation, to summarize |
| supplement, supplementary, to supplement |
| survey, to survey |
| symbol, symbolic, to symbolize |
| symmetry, symmetrical |
| system, systematic, to systematize |
T
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| table, tabular, to tabulate |
| technique, technology, technical |
| temperature, temperate |
| theory, theorem, theoretical, to theorize |
| thermometer, thermal |
| thickness, thick, to thicken |
| thinness, thin, to thin out |
| topography, topographic, topographical |
| topology, topological, topological |
| trace, to trace |
| trait |
| transfer, transferable, to transfer |
| transition, transit, transitory |
| transportation, transportable, to transport |
| trapezoid, trapezoidal, |
| treatise, treatable, to treat |
| triangle, triangular, to triangulate |
| type, typical, to type |
U
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| ultimate, ultimately |
| unit, unity, to unite, to unify |
| usually, unusually, usual, unusual |
V
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| value, valuable, to value |
| variation, variant, variable, to vary |
| velocity |
| verification, verifiable, to verify |
| vertical, vertically |
| view, viewpoint, to view |
| visual, visually, visualization, to visualize |
| volume |
W
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| waste, wasted |
| wave |
| weakness, weak |
| weight, to weigh |
| wheel, to wheel |
| work, worker, workable, to work |
Y
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| year, yearly |
Z
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| zero |
Terms from: Communicate Strategies for ITAs, by Jan Smith,
Colleen Meyers, and Amy Burkhalfer. Regents/Prentice Hall, 1992.
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