Sentence examples for closest term from inspiring English sources

METAR, a condensed weather-reporting format that is used by aviators and meteorologists, has no code for it; the closest term is RASN, short for "rain and snow".

"Vegan" is the closest term, though an inadequate one, for his shojin ryori, or "devotion cuisine," derived from Buddhist temples near Kyoto.

In America, the closest term we have is workaholism, yet despite the word's circulation in common speech since 1968, the US lacks any clear definition or official recognition of the condition like that afforded to karoshi.

In America, the closest term we have isworkaholism, yet despite the word's circulation in common speech since 1968, the US lacks any clear definition or official recognition of the condition like that afforded to karoshi.

"Book" is the closest term to describe the loose collection of texts consisting of a number of magic spells intended to assist a dead person's journey through the Duat, or underworld, and into the afterlife and written by many priests over a period of about 1000 years.

Further, we replaced each value of category (term) used for attributes in narrative medical reports by the closest term and the category used in MDMC for structured medical reports.

She was on the closest terms with almost every major African head of state over 30 years.

These events may produce long-term and permanent effects on how voters see the candidates, but they often overshoot the mark in the close term.

And as the mayor's second and final term draws to a close (term limits preclude a threepeat), the city is about to be inherited by someone of a very different temperament.

Competition galvanizes action and closes term sheets.

He has long been on close terms with Mr Bush.