Usage of the term bodhisattva has evolved over time.

Usage has shifted again, according to Hartmann et al., since 2001 and the September 11 attacks, with the mainstream media using the term less, in order to characterize America as multicultural.

According to Fowler's Modern English Usage ( 1965 ), the correct term is " the Received Pronunciation ".

Usage of the term became popular in the late 1980s and 1990s, originally in reference to BBS operators.

In A Dictionary of Modern English Usage ( 1926 ), H. W. Fowler states that applying the word nigger to " others than full or partial negroes " is " felt as an insult by the person described, & betrays in the speaker, if not deliberate insolence, at least a very arrogant inhumanity "; but the second edition ( 1965 ) states: " N. has been described as ' the term that carries with it all the obloquy and contempt and rejection which whites have inflicted on blacks.

The term was later exported to France ( H. W. Fowler's Modern English Usage ).

Usage of the term in the Latin West changed as the Middle Ages progressed, but its connotation remained negative and its exact definition continued to be unclear.

Usage of the term " Miao " in Chinese documents dates back to the Shi Ji ( 1st century BC ) and the Zhan Guo Ce ( late Western Han Dynasty ).

Usage of the term republic is inconsistent but, as a minimum, it means a state or federation of states that does not have a monarch.

Usage of the term " Intelligent Dance Music " has been criticised by electronic musicians such as Aphex Twin and is seen by artists such as Mike Paradinas as being peculiar to the U. S.

Usage of the term to describe large molecules varies among the disciplines.

However, according to Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, flautist is the preferred term in British English, and while both terms are used in American English flutist is " by far the more common choice.

Usage of the terms by art historians varies somewhat, with some using the term more restrictively than others.

In The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style, Bryan Garner unambiguously recast the term as inelegant variation.

Usage of the term WMV often refers to the Microsoft Windows Media Video codec only.

Usage of the term increased after it was featured in Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code.

Usage of the term “ prom ” is more common and appears to be a colloquial and regional practice.

Usage can differ between areas of application: for example, in hydrology, the terms " forecast " and " forecasting " are sometimes reserved for estimates of values at certain specific future times, while the term " prediction " is used for more general estimates, such as the number of times floods will occur over a long period.

Usage of the term has developed over time.

Usage of the term in this sense became common in the 1970s.

Usage of the term includes:

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage stated that modern use of the term is largely limited to advertisements, headlines and banners, where its conciseness is valued.

Usage of the term is applied to various situations and civilizations within history, despite its popular mis-association with a numerical, statistical minority.

Usage may vary when the past participles are used as adjectives, as in burnt toast.

To maintain network performance, networks may apply traffic policing to virtual circuits to limit them to their traffic contracts at the entry points to the network, i. e. the User – network interfaces ( UNIs ) and Network-to-network interfaces ( NNIs ): Usage / Network Parameter Control ( UPC and NPC ).

" Usage of Lakota or Dakota may then refer to the alliance that once bound the Great Sioux Nation.

Fowler puts it in Modern English Usage, the object of both parable and allegory " is to enlighten the hearer by submitting to him a case in which he has apparently no direct concern, and upon which therefore a disinterested judgment may be elicited from him.

Such an authority may be a prominent writer or educator such as Henry Fowler, whose English Usage defined the standard for British English for much of the 20th century.

Usage may be personal and non-transferable, for a family, or under certain circumstances, for a group utilizing a service at one time.

Usage of the name may ( or may not ) include the tree that yields this wood.

Usage of the term may also vary as to the geographic regions it is meant to imply.

Usage by the United States on government maps in the 1940s as a political term included territories claimed by the Republic of China that were part of the previous empire, or geographically to refer to topographical features associated with China that may or may not have lain entirely within Chinese political borders.

Usage of Arablish / Arbalizi particularly among the youth may be as a result of poor knowledge of one language or the other or both, or may be usage for introducing a humorous effect.

Usage on public roadways may result a number of offenses, including but not limited to: no indicator lights, no rearview mirror, no horn or signaling device, no headlight, too-small muffler ( noise pollution ), improper lane change ( no blinkers ), or reckless driving.

Usage of supercluster for populations as well as haplotypes makes the term ambiguous and may require clarification when the word is used.

Usage of the terms ' referent ' and ' reference ' may vary in usage.

The apparent almost 100 % increase in patronage over the last few years may be due to a change in the methods used to measure passenger numbers ; see Usage Notes.

Usage of Baltic and similar terms to denote the region east from the sea started only in 19th century.

Usage of that term by authors or politicians doesn't necessarily denote support for the movement to create a separate state.

He is notable for both A Dictionary of Modern English Usage and his work on the Concise Oxford Dictionary, and was described by The Times as " a lexicographical genius ".

The next commission for the brothers was a much smaller, pocket-sized abridgement of the OED At the same time they were working on Modern English Usage ; work on both began in 1911, with Henry Fowler concentrating on Modern English Usage and Francis on the pocket dictionary.

With his unique facility for both Chinese and English idiom, Lin presided over the compilation of an outstanding Chinese-English dictionary, Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage () ( 1972 ), which contains a massive English index to definitions of Chinese terms.

Usage Model Testing can be used in both software and hardware integration testing.

Many sources are against both systematic use and systematic avoidance of the serial comma, making recommendations in a more nuanced way ( see Usage and subsequent sections ).

Usage of specific resins allows preparation of selective electrodes for tens of different ions, both single-atom or multi-atom.

The displays, ranging all over the floors, cover four main themes: The Kingdom of Connaught ( from the earliest recorded times showing the importance of the clans and their kings ), The King Family ( meet the families who lived in the house from Sir John King who came to Boyle in 1603 to the fascinating accounts of life, both for the family and the staff, at Rockingham Estate, now Lough Key Forest Park ), the Restoration ( a room has been left partially restored so that visitors can see the fabric of the house and with the aid of photographs and models see the skill and craft employed in the building and restoration ), and The Military Usage ( from 1788 to recent times ).