Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series: Volume 3
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series
ISBN-10
0198600275
ISBN-13
9780198600275
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 24th, 1997
Print length
424 Pages
Weight
750 grams
Dimensions
24.00 x 16.00 x 3.10 cms
Product Classification:
Dictionaries
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Contains 3,000 words and meanings from around the English-speaking world, including the UK, America, Australia, and the West Indies. A variety of subjects is covered, including the sciences, finance, literary theory, computing, and sport.
Volume 3 contains 3,000 new words and meanings from around the English-speaking world, including the UK (council tax, Estuary English), North America (affluential, bully pulpit, road-kill), the Caribbean (merino, zouk), Australia (amphometer, beardie), New Zealand (Labour weekend, mokopuna), India (garam masala), the Pacific (arjun), and South Africa (kalkoentjie, Malanite). Subjects covered include politics (linkage, Citizen''s Charter), education (National Curriculum), cookery (ciabatta, Quorn), broadcasting (bi-media), literary criticism (post-structuralism), music (bhangra, swingbeat, techno), and sport (basho, clean and jerk, matchup). This volume also features a higher number of entries in scientific fields, including medicine (lentivirus), genetics (antisense), ecology (biodiversity), astronomy (dark matter), chemistry (Orimulsion), and computing (freeware, cyberspace). Please note, this volume is printed with a board cover, and does not include a dust jacket.
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