ASTM_E_1992_-_99b.pdf

Designation:E 1992 99bStandard Terminology Relating toTerminology Management1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 1992;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon(e)indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This is a list of terms with corresponding definitionscommonly used in the field of terminology2.Terminology2.1 Terms and Definitions:abbreviation,na shortened form of a single-element termcreated by the omission of some of its letters.canonical-form definition,nsee intensional definitioncharacteristic,nin terminology,any of the properties thatconstitute or distinguish a pound term,na term that contains more than one wordin the natural spoken word order.definition,nstatement that describes a concept and permitsits differentiation from other concepts within a system ofconcepts.ISO 1087delimited term,na term whose term entry includes aspecified domain or area of application.DISCUSSIONTerms and their definitions frequently are limited to aparticular field of interest or to use by a particular organization and arespecified by a phrase,such as in plastics or in textiles.The context orthe definition itself may imply the applicable domain,and a delimitingphrase may not be needed.Aterm or its definition may be limited to thedomain in which the term appears or may be specified for a particularrange of users.differentia,na characteristic that distinguishes one speciesof a genus from all other species of that genus.extensional definition,na definition of a term formed bylisting all of the entities that comprise the concept.DISCUSSIONA class or group consisting of a small and limitednumber of members may be better defined in extension than by anintensional definition.An extensional definition is a complete listingand is not an appropriate form to merely list one or more examples.glossary,na collection of specialized terms and their mean-ings.intensional definition,na two-part definition of a termconsisting of a class name for the concept,the genus,andone or two more characteristics that differentiate the conceptfrom others in the same class.normative terminology,na terminology that is standardizedor authoritatively prescribed.operational definition,na definition that describes theprocedure or process by which an entity is made or calcu-lated.DISCUSSIONA definition of a mathematical quantity that presents ordescribes the equation by which it is calculated is a common type ofoperational definition;however,precise definitions of this type often donot describe concepts as clearly as intensional definitions.term,compound,nsee compound termterm,delimited,nsee delimited termterminology,na set of terms representing the concepts of afield.E 1964The American Society for Testing and Materials takes no position respecting the validity of any patent rights asserted in connectionwith any item mentioned in this standard.Users of this standard are expressly advised that determination of the validity of any suchpatent rights,and the risk of infringement of such rights,are entirely their own responsibility.This standard is subject to revision at any time by the responsible technical committee and must be reviewed every five years andif not revised,either reapproved or withdrawn.Your comments are invited either for revision of this standard or for additional standardsand should be addressed to ASTM Headquarters.Your comments will receive careful consideration at a meeting of the responsibletechnical committee,which you may attend.If you feel that your comments have not received a fair hearing you should make yourviews known to the ASTM Committee on Standards,at the address shown below.This standard is copyrighted byASTM,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA19428-2959,United States.Individual reprints(single or multiple copies)of this standard may be obtained by contacting ASTM at the above address or at610-832-9585(phone),610-832-9555(fax),or serviceastm.org(e-mail);or through the ASTM website(www.astm.org).1This terminology standard is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee E 2 onTerminology and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E02.10 on Standards.Current edition approved Sept.10,1999.Published December 1999.Originallypulished as E 199299a.Last previous edition E 199299a.1Copyright ASTM,100 Barr Harbor Drive,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959,United States.