(=not closely related)· a series of loosely related ideas
►loosely termed
These developments are loosely termed ‘advanced manufacturing techniques’.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES►tightly/loosely/densely packed
An antique Oldsmobile crawled by, its tires crackling on the sand-covered, tightly packed ground of the flat.
But at first the cities simply increased in number, grew in population and became more densely packed.
He gave a six-minute inaugural speech from the South Portico before a tightly packed audience.
He hoped that the tightly packed deuterium atoms would be set in motion, their nuclei bumping into one another and fusing.
In the first minute of the plug formation the platelets retain their granules and remain loosely packed.
Now, outside tightly packed row houses in Boston, Cambridge and Somerville, the streets are strewn with debris.
The functions of the buildings in their tightly packed site are difficult to determine.
There is a massive file cabinet stuffed with documents so old and densely packed they may be ready to ignite spontaneously.
1in a way that is not firm or tight: A towel was loosely wrapped around his neck.2in a way that is not exact: The film is loosely based on the novel. ‘El Libre’ was loosely translated as ‘the free one’.3in a way that is not strictly controlled or organized: a loosely structured organization