My Wordbook (554)

『TIME』や『Science』などの洋雑誌やペーパーバックが
すらすら読めるようになるための"My Wordbook"。
道は遠いが、少しずつ前進中です。




『The Innovator’s Dilemma』 (reprinted edtion 2011)
／ Clayton M. Christensen
(HAPPER Business, p.270)


My Wordbook (554)

■words
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6422) mortality (n)
6423) unfathomable (adj)
6424) trajectory (n)
6425) unambiguous (adj)
6426) cannibalistic (adj)
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6422) mortality (n)

Some have attributed the high mortality rate among the
integrated firms that created the industry to its nearly
unfathomable pace of technological change.
(p.7)

= the state of being human and not living for ever


6423) unfathomable (adj)

= difficult or impossible to understand


6424) trajectory (n)

The manufacturers of most products have established a
trajectory of performance improvement over time.
(p.9)

= the path described by an object moving in air or space
　under the influence of such forces as thrust, wind resistance,
　and gravity


6425) unambiguous (adj)

Determining whether a new technology is likely to improve
a product's performance relative to earlier products is an
unambiguous question.
(p.9)

< ambiguous (adj)
= difficult to understand or classify
[= obscure]


6426) cannibalistic (adj)

If new technologies enable new market applications to emerge,
the introduction of new technology may not be inherently
cannibalistic.
(p.23)

< cannibal (n)
= a person who eats the flesh of other humans.


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