International Scientific Vocabulary: Meaning and Definition of

Interna'tional Scientif'ic Vocab'ulary

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a vocabulary of scientific and technical words, terms, formulas, and symbols that are almost universally understood by scientists and similarly used in at least two languages. Abbr.: ISV&hasp; Cf. Neo-Latin.
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