A new and revised edition, in a new livery of the most comprehensive single-volume dictionary available on mathematics. With over 9000 definitions and 400 diagrams, this is the one dictionary of mathematics any student of the subject will ever need.
This is the first Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology ever to be published. Dealing with the subject of documentation--which affects everyone's lives (from every-day letters, notes, and shopping lists, to far-reaching legal instruments, if not autograph literary masterpieces) Peter Beal defines, in a lively and accessible style, some 1,500 terms relating to manuscripts and their productio and use in Britain from 1450 to the present day.
Словарь входит в знаменитую группу Collins Cobuild учебных словарей английского языка. Содержит фразеологизмы английского языка с их толкованиями, свыше 8500 примеров их употребления в современном английском языке. В конце словаря для удобства нахождения дан алфавитный индекс. Словарь рассчитан на широкий круг читателей, активно занимающихся английским языком; особенно интересен он будет переводчикам.
More than 750 brand-new words that make "bling-bling" sound so five minutes ago. For readers who want to be on the cutting edge of the English lexicon or for dedicated word geeks, The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English presents more than 750 words that have unofficially joined the English language. These words are hot off the street, new even to cyberspace, and definitely not found in Webster's. Each entry features a definition, etymology, and at least three citations from print and the Internet that show the evolution of its meaning.
