scalar implicature
Linguistics
noun
(Of a gradable term or construction) an implicature that no stronger value can truthfully be used; the use of a relatively lower-valued term to implicate that no higher value is true.
Origin
1970s.
- nitrobarite
- nitrobenzene
- nitrobenzoic acid
- nitroblue tetrazolium
- nitro-BT
- nitrocalcite
- nitrocellulose
- nitrochalk
- nitro-compound
- nitrocotton
- nitro-derivative
- nitroethane
- nitroform
- nitrofuran
- nitrofurantoin
- nitrofurazone
- nitrogen
- nitrogenase
- nitrogenate
- nitrogenated
- nitrogenation
- nitrogen balance
- nitrogen cycle
- nitrogen dioxide
- nitrogeneous