transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈper-ə-ˌdīm, ˈpa-rə- also ]
-ˌdim noun
Etymology: Late Latin paradigma, from Greek paradeigma, from paradeiknynai to show side by side, from para- + deiknynai to show — more at diction
Date: 15th century
1. : example , pattern ; especially : an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype
2. : an example of a conjugation or declension showing a word in all its inflectional forms
3. : a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated ; broadly : a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind
• par·a·dig·mat·ic ˌper-ə-dig-ˈma-tik, ˌpa-rə- adjective
• par·a·dig·mat·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb