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Publications may be distributed in hardcopy or in computer-readable form.

Bilingual or Multilingual Glossaries

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A bilingual or multilingual glossary is a collection of all terms relevant to a particular subject field or subfield, in selected languages. Definitions are not included.

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Monolingual Glossaries

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A monolingual glossary contains selected specialized or difficult terms, together with their definitions, from a particular subject field; it does not aim to include all possible terms in that subject field. This kind of glossary is often placed at the back of a monograph.

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Vocabularies

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A vocabulary is a list of terms relating to a specific subject field, together with equivalents and definitions (or explanations) in two or more languages.

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The term "dictionary" is not generally used to describe a terminology publication because dictionaries aim to record all meanings of a word (general language). Terminology products limit themselves to one entry per concept within a particular subject field.