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cross-references
management data for the record: the record's author, the
date
miscellaneous comments
status code or label of the term or record, if one has been
proposed.
i. The entry
The entry of a terminological record is the term. It is
presented according to the general conventions for lexicography: ·
nouns in the singular. In languages with grammatical gender,
nouns with more than one gender are usually represented as if they
were adjectives in the same entry.
adjectives in the singular masculine form
verbs are represented by the infinitive, e.g. solder, harden,
format
When the entry involves more than one word, the order is
always that which occurs in natural language, e.g.
Pythagorean theorem and not theorem, Pythagorean
positron emission tomography and not tomography, positron
emission
ii. The reference of the term
The document from which a term has been extracted is its
reference source.
iii. The grammatical category
The grammatical category of terms is shown on the record
by previously set codes, which are those usually used in
lexicography (n, pl, v, vt, vi, adj, adv)
iv. Subject field
Each term is assigned to a subject field, i.e.·1) the general
field to which it belongs· 2) the specific subfield to which it
belongs, within the larger general field 3) the specific sub-subfield
within the subfield, if necessary.
v. Definition
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