polysemy

Polysemantic relations within the transport terminological megasystem have been inquired into. It has been determined that the inter-system polysemy is a natural phenomenon for terminology as an autonomous subsystem of the present day Ukrainian language. Unlike the inter-system one, a polysemy within the system, noted by us, is interpreted in terminology as a negative phenomenon, which complicates communication.

The article is sanctified to analyse the specific functioning of the polysemy phenomenon in the Ukrainian electricity terminology. It analyses the main types of the ambiguous tokens in the study of terms. It also studies out the reasons of the appearance of new terminological meanings in special electric power engineering category.

The design terminology of the Ukrainian language is the organized subsystem of literary language, which is characterized by the well-developed lexical-semantic organization and it represents the system of linguistic terms.

Aim. To analyze polysemy processes in Ukrainian geodetic terminology (UGT). Methodology. Existence of few interconnected meanings in the word, which appear as a result of the development of its first meaning, indicates about polysemy feature. Term, as simple word could be unequivocal and valued, but terminological ambiguity has its own features. By ambiguity we understand existence of several meanings of the word, which appeared as a result of the development of its first meaning, indicates about polysemy feature.