Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols;
- Example: "he taught foreign languages"- Example: "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"- Example: "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"[syn: language, linguistic communication]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
linguistic communication
n 1: a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or
conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the
language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the
speed with which a program can be executed depends on the
language in which it is written" [syn: language,
linguistic communication]