terminologic

Terminologic is an adjective pertaining to terminology—the set of terms used within a language, domain, or field. It covers the study, description, standardization, and management of terms, including their definitions, relationships, and usage in context.

In English, "terminologic" is valid but relatively uncommon; "terminological" is more widely used. The term has cognates in other languages such as French terminologique or Spanish terminológico, reflecting the cross-linguistic nature of terminology work.

Key concerns of terminologic work include term selection and definition, sense disambiguation, synonyms and antonyms, and the creation of controlled vocabularies. It relies on resources such as glossaries, term banks, thesauri, and ontologies, and often uses structured data formats to support retrieval and interoperability.

Applications span translation and localization, technical writing, knowledge management, information retrieval, and natural language processing, where precise term alignment is essential. Terminologic work is guided by standards and best practices for terms, definitions, and metadata.

Terminologist is the professional who specializes in terminology work; terminologic usage appears primarily as an adjective describing related concepts. The field underscores the importance of precise vocabulary in specialized domains and across languages.