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  Oxford English Dictionary: Additions (Oxford English Dictionary Additions) (Hardback) Edited by Michael Proffitt, Edited by J.A.H. Murray, Edited by John Simpson

  

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  Short Description for Oxford English Dictionary: AdditionsContains 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.
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  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Published: 24 July 1997
  • Format: Hardback 418 pages
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  • Categories: Language: Reference & General | Dictionaries
  • ISBN 13: 9780198600275 ISBN 10: 0198600275
  • Sales rank: 1,075,427

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• 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). ubjects 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).