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functional load

noun Linguistics.

the relative frequency of occurrence of words that are differentiated in one and the same position by only one distinctive feature. In English, the opposition of voiced and voiceless th has a low functional load being used only to distinguish such pairs as ether and either, or wreath and wreathe.

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Nearby words

  1. functional group,
  2. functional hypertrophy,
  3. functional illiterate,
  4. functional imperative,
  5. functional isomer,
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  7. functional murmur,
  8. functional neurosurgery,
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  10. functional representation
Also called functional yield.
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