Transflexion
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of transflection.; Type of spectroscopic measurement. countable, uncountable
"The measurement mode follows the principles of transflexion. For this purpose the cell is backed with a ceramic disc opposite the measuring head, along with the light source and the diode-array detector."
- 2 Alternative form of transflection.; Word-formation technique. countable, uncountable
"An interesting case is posed by Slovak transflexion which consists of employing an inflectional morpheme (or, better, the whole paradigm it stands for) in the word-formation role (ape -» to ape vs. opica —> opicif sä where -if is an infinitive-forming morpheme) ..."
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More examples"The measurement mode follows the principles of transflexion. For this purpose the cell is backed with a ceramic disc opposite the measuring head, along with the light source and the diode-array detector."
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