Latin as developed since 1500, used especially in scientific terminology.
近代拉丁语（公元1500年后的拉丁语，尤用于科技术语）
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This was a usage adapted from Galileo's Italian word telescopi, which he seems to have first used in 1611; two years later, Kepler employed the modern Latin telescopium.
Definition of modern Latin in US English:
modern Latin
noun
Latin as developed since 1500, used especially in scientific terminology.
近代拉丁语（公元1500年后的拉丁语，尤用于科技术语）
Example sentencesExamples
This was a usage adapted from Galileo's Italian word telescopi, which he seems to have first used in 1611; two years later, Kepler employed the modern Latin telescopium.