diagnostic meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

diagnostic

adj

UK /daɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tɪk/ · US /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnɑ.stɪk/

Etymology From Ancient Greek διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós), adjective from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to distinguish, diagnose”).

Of, or relating to diagnosis.

Medicine, Sciences Characteristic of a particular disease.

Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.

Each language has its own distinct phonological qualities which a counter can tap into with effect. It is not necessarily specific phonemes (though these can sometimes be diagnostic), but rather the frequency and phonotactic distribution of each disparate set of phonemes that go together in the speech stream in certain recognisable ways.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, volume 41, number 7, →DOI, →ISSN, page 10:

Education Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught.

Biology, Natural sciences Characteristic of a particular taxon or clade.

Of a skeletal or genetic feature

noun

Etymology From Ancient Greek διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós), adjective from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to distinguish, diagnose”).

Any technique used in medical diagnosis.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem.

That by which anything is known; a symptom.