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Definition sublanguage in American English

sublanguage noun

[countable] noun
/ˈsʌbˌlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
1

a variety of language with its own terms and expressions that is used by a particular group or to talk about a particular subject, for example, the language used by doctors to talk to each other about medicine, or the language of a technical instruction manual

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Definition sublanguage in American English