rank scale
noun Linguistics.
(in systemic linguistics) a hierarchical ordering of grammatical units such that a unit of a given rank normally consists of units of the next lower rank, as, in English, the ordering sentence, clause, group or phrase, word, morpheme.
Words nearby rank scale
ranine artery, ranitidine, ranjit singh, rank, rank and file, rank scale, rank-and-filer, ranke, ranker, ranket, rankin
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