Peculiarities of the process of semantic derivation in the terminological lexics of the russian language of the latest period

The article focuses on the problem of semantic changes in the terminological lexics. It deals with some peculiarities of one of the semantic processes, which reflect changes in the semantic structure of the terms - the process of semantic derivation. The latter process is examined in detail on the basis of widening its initial meaning.

terminological lexics, semantic changes, semantic derivation, metaphorisation, loan-translation, calque, model words and constructions after foreign patterns