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lexical
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The adjective lexical refers to things concerning the words or lexicon of a language. Linguistics , the study of language, often uses lexical concepts. Lexical may also refer to:
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
lexical \lex"ic*al\ (l[e^]ks"[i^]*kal), a. Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words; according or conforming to a lexicon. -- Lex"ic*al*ly , adv.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN access ▪ Thus, the lexical access component may have to match each word against every possible alignment of the input with the lexicon. ▪ Our first aim was to examine the lexical access components of a number of ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to words; "lexical decision task" of or relating to dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context linguistics English) concerning the vocabulary, words or morphemes of a language 2 (context linguistics English) concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1833, from Greek lexikos "pertaining to words" (see lexicon ) + -al (1). Related: Lexically .
Usage examples of lexical.
I know, that sentence is for all practical purposes meaningless, but I can use the lexical abundance of English to go on like that for hours.
English has rigorously preserved a lexical gap for the work that housewives and househusbands do, and for the role that they fill.
SICA NEO-REAL CRANE DOLLY and CIRCUMAMBIENTFOUNDDRAMALEVIRATEMAR-RIAGE and then more lexical terms and words speeding up to chipmunkish and then HELIATED and then all the way up to a sound like a mosquito on speed, and Gately tries to clutch both his temples with one hand and scream, but nothing comes out.
But labeling, controlled mutagen-tailoring of the submitted message, poly-dinucleotides, combinatorics, short chainstime-consuming, meticulous, brute lexical mop-up will get them through.
It sported a subject index, a lexical part and an alphabetically arranged series of in-depth essays authored by the best in every field of human erudition.
Most significantly however I suspect that the syllabary of Priest-Kings remains complex, and that experiments with unscented graphemes were never conducted, because, except for lexical additions, they wish to keep their language much as it was in the ancient past.
Intonation occurs in many languages, more so in those languages that do not have lexical pitch.
Speech melody must be processed by the listener in as much as lexical speech melody and intonational speech melody provide part of the semantic content of speech.
The perception of pitch is far more accurate than what is required for the perception of either lexical or intonation melodies.
Encountering Joyce we savor the long deliberation behind each of his lexical choices, with the result that our own pace in reading slows right down.
Americanism first recorded in 1840 and attacked as a needless lexical affectation within the year.
Gettysburg address also marked a small but telling lexical transition.
He passes counterfeit coinage in characteristic lexical sleight of hand smoothed by alliteration.
Instead, current thinking held that there was a lexical universe as well as a physical one, and bringing an object together with a compatible name caused the latent potentialities of both to be realized.
This confirms a long-held belief of mine that lexical order induces thermodynamic order.