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adj
Pertaining to energy, especially the expenditure or transfer of energy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Pertaining to work or productive activity.
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adj
Involving functional constraints; non-random due to functional considerations.
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adj
Pertaining to the functional categories of linguistic elements; syntactic.
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Usage: dated
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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History
From ergon + -ic.
