adjective Linguistics.
- (in distinctive feature analysis) characterized by relatively extensive contact or constriction between the articulating organs, as the (sh) in show in contrast to the (s) in so.
adjective
- logic (of a term) referring only to some members of the class designated by the term, as doctors in some doctors are overworked
- commerce (of a profit) not paid in dividends to the shareholders of a company but retained to help finance its trading