Designation:E1992–99bStandardTerminologyRelatingtoTerminologyManagement1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1992;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisisalistoftermswithcorrespondingdefinitionscommonlyusedinthefieldofterminology2.Terminology2.1TermsandDefinitions:abbreviation,n—ashortenedformofasingle-elementtermcreatedbytheomissionofsomeofitsletters.canonical-formdefinition,n—seeintensionaldefinitioncharacteristic,n—interminology,anyofthepropertiesthatconstituteordistinguishaconcept.compoundterm,n—atermthatcontainsmorethanonewordinthenaturalspokenwordorder.definition,n—statementthatdescribesaconceptandpermitsitsdifferentiationfromotherconceptswithinasystemofconcepts.ISO1087delimitedterm,n—atermwhosetermentryincludesaspecifieddomainorareaofapplication.DISCUSSION—Termsandtheirdefinitionsfrequentlyarelimitedtoaparticularfieldofinterestortousebyaparticularorganizationandarespecifiedbyaphrase,suchasinplasticsorintextiles.Thecontextorthedefinitionitselfmayimplytheapplicabledomain,andadelimitingphrasemaynotbeneeded.Atermoritsdefinitionmaybelimitedtothedomaininwhichthetermappearsormaybespecifiedforaparticularrangeofusers.differentia,n—acharacteristicthatdistinguishesonespeciesofagenusfromallotherspeciesofthatgenus.extensionaldefinition,n—adefinitionofatermformedbylistingalloftheentitiesthatcomprisetheconcept.DISCUSSION—Aclassorgroupconsistingofasmallandlimitednumberofmembersmaybebetterdefinedinextensionthanbyanintensionaldefinition.Anextensionaldefinitionisacompletelistingandisnotanappropriateformtomerelylistoneormoreexamples.glossary,n—acollectionofspecializedtermsandtheirmean-ings.intensionaldefinition,n—atwo-partdefinitionofatermconsistingofaclassnamefortheconcept,thegenus,andoneortwomorecharacteristicsthatdifferentia...
