Are different science terms formal words?
https://www.dictionary.com/misspelling?term=dodecahedrane
This is just one example: Dodecahedrane is a word accepted by the concencsus of the chemistry community, yet most chemicals like it do not appear in dictionaries. Are esoteric scientific terms actually accepted English words?
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https://www.dictionary.com/misspelling?term=dodecahedrane
This is just one example: Dodecahedrane is a word accepted by the concencsus of the chemistry community, yet most chemicals like it do not appear in dictionaries. Are esoteric scientific terms actually accepted English words?
science
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user14554
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How do you define what is an “accepted English word”? What is a word? There’s no jury that decides unilaterally what gets to be a word and what doesn’t. Clearly, dodecahedrane is an accepted word to those who know what it is and use it; to the rest of us, it’s an unknown entity. Similarly, to me, words like vrddhi, scree and Rektionskompositum are accepted words that I use in English, though most English speakers would be utterly baffled by them.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
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https://www.dictionary.com/misspelling?term=dodecahedrane
This is just one example: Dodecahedrane is a word accepted by the concencsus of the chemistry community, yet most chemicals like it do not appear in dictionaries. Are esoteric scientific terms actually accepted English words?
science
asked 10 mins ago
user14554
132
https://www.dictionary.com/misspelling?term=dodecahedrane
This is just one example: Dodecahedrane is a word accepted by the concencsus of the chemistry community, yet most chemicals like it do not appear in dictionaries. Are esoteric scientific terms actually accepted English words?
science
science
asked 10 mins ago
user14554
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asked 10 mins ago
user14554
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asked 10 mins ago
user14554
132
asked 10 mins ago
user14554
132
asked 10 mins ago
user14554
132
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How do you define what is an “accepted English word”? What is a word? There’s no jury that decides unilaterally what gets to be a word and what doesn’t. Clearly, dodecahedrane is an accepted word to those who know what it is and use it; to the rest of us, it’s an unknown entity. Similarly, to me, words like vrddhi, scree and Rektionskompositum are accepted words that I use in English, though most English speakers would be utterly baffled by them.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
2 mins ago
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How do you define what is an “accepted English word”? What is a word? There’s no jury that decides unilaterally what gets to be a word and what doesn’t. Clearly, dodecahedrane is an accepted word to those who know what it is and use it; to the rest of us, it’s an unknown entity. Similarly, to me, words like vrddhi, scree and Rektionskompositum are accepted words that I use in English, though most English speakers would be utterly baffled by them.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
2 mins ago
How do you define what is an “accepted English word”? What is a word? There’s no jury that decides unilaterally what gets to be a word and what doesn’t. Clearly, dodecahedrane is an accepted word to those who know what it is and use it; to the rest of us, it’s an unknown entity. Similarly, to me, words like vrddhi, scree and Rektionskompositum are accepted words that I use in English, though most English speakers would be utterly baffled by them.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
2 mins ago
How do you define what is an “accepted English word”? What is a word? There’s no jury that decides unilaterally what gets to be a word and what doesn’t. Clearly, dodecahedrane is an accepted word to those who know what it is and use it; to the rest of us, it’s an unknown entity. Similarly, to me, words like vrddhi, scree and Rektionskompositum are accepted words that I use in English, though most English speakers would be utterly baffled by them.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
2 mins ago
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How do you define what is an “accepted English word”? What is a word? There’s no jury that decides unilaterally what gets to be a word and what doesn’t. Clearly, dodecahedrane is an accepted word to those who know what it is and use it; to the rest of us, it’s an unknown entity. Similarly, to me, words like vrddhi, scree and Rektionskompositum are accepted words that I use in English, though most English speakers would be utterly baffled by them.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
2 mins ago