TERMINOLOGY WORKSHEET 6 Definitions further practice

Further reading. Consider the following quotes on definition and apply the knowledge acquired in solving
ACTIVITY 1.
1. Texts that are not definitions. Defining context: A defining context contains the term and sufficient semantic
features to provide a clear idea of its meaning. It does not necessarily constitute a formal definition. E.g., a defining
context for weaving: Weaving is a method of producing cloth by interlacing two or more sets of yarns [] at right
angles to each other. This context provides certain essential characteristics of the concept, i.e. the nature (method),
the purpose (producing cloth), and the means by which it is achieved (interlacing sets of yarns at right angles).
(Ap. Rodica Albu, Complete Terminological Analysis, lecture)
2. Facts and objects have innumerable properties, some of which are expressed in conceptual features, which
are considered as more or less extended units of information. Not all of the features are of interest for experts when
they form a concept encompassing a particular extension (facts or objects) in their expert domain; only salient
features (FS), as opposed to latent features (FL), are. The latter are features associated to an extension but generally
not expressed as such in human dictionaries. Latent features are often implied by and inherited through other
features, The latent features might nevertheless be important in natural language processing lexicons or ontologies,
for example for use in applications capable of drawing inferences. However, they are not expressed in terminological
dictionaries, therefore they are not considered salient in that case. Latent features may also be features relating to the
extension that are possessed by individuals as part of their background knowledge, but are not of interest to the
domain under consideration. For instance, the fact that a container is used to promote a brand is something one may
know about that object, but which is totally irrelevant in the domain of waste management, where what matters are
the main functions of the object in that domain, such as conditioning, transportation and storage of goods, or the fact
that they are a large part of waste and that they have to be valorized by industrials themselves. These latter features
are thus considered salient. (Selja Seppl, 2009, A Proposal for a Framework to Evaluate Feature Relevance for
Terminographic Definitions, Workshop on Definition Extraction 2009 Borovets, Bulgaria, pages 4753)

ACTIVITY 1. Carefully read the information in the table and create suitable definitions for the Romanian terms or
correct the existing ones; in each case explain the possible errors.
70 Working Feed Feed used during the machining process Micare de
avans
Micarea de avans e micarea paralel,
perpendicular sau oblic a cuitului pe
axa strungului.
88 Instantaneous
Velocity
The velocity of the primary motion of a selected
point on the cutting edge relative to the workpiece
Velocitate
instantanee
NO
120 Cutting Edge
angle
If viewed from above looking down on the cutting
tool, it is the angle formed by the end flank of the
tool and a line parallel to the workpiece centerline.
Unghi de atac {n cazul n care unealta de tiere este
privita de sus n jos, unghiul de atac
este unghiul format de extremitatea
uneltei i o linie paralel cu axa
central a piesei de prelucrat.}
141 feed motion
angle
angle between the directions of feed and primary
motion
Unghiul al
direciei de
avans
Unghiul j dintre v i vf se numete
unghiul direciei de avans
211 brittle mode An ideally brittle material would respond to an
increase in external load by some small and purely
elastic deformation and, at a certain critical stress
level, would fail by fracturing (). The ideally brittle
material would completely separate into parts which
have not undergone permanent deformation and
could be fitted back together.
comportare
casant
NO
227 plastic mode For even higher stresses, materials exhibit plastic
behaviour, that is, they deform irreversibly and do
not return to their original shape after stress is no
longer applied.
comportare
plastic