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OMNITRANSPORTEUR [1 record]

Record 1 1991-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

A chain of slow-moving vehicles.

CONT

Visitors then travel in an "omnimover" a chain of slow-moving vehicles, through a manmade landscape populated by mechanical dolls and creatures that tare manipulated by a process known as animatronics.

OBS

This new word is an example of "dérivation". The prefix "omni" is attached to the noun "mover".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts

Spanish

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