编者按：煤炭科技术语的审定和统一是一件非常重要的基础工作。近十年来煤炭界已经就若干专业开展了术语标准化工作，取得了一定成绩。但是全面系统的审定和统一工作过去没有进行过，术语的研究和规范化工作尚嫌不足，因此仍然存在着一定的术语混乱现象，迫切需要全面系统地审 Editor’s Note: The scrutiny and harmonization of coal science and technology terminology is a very important basic work. In the past decade, the coal industry has carried out standardization of terminology on a number of specialties and achieved some success. However, the overall system of validation and unification has not been conducted in the past, and terminology research and standardization work are still inadequate. Therefore, certain terminological confusion still exists and there is an urgent need for a comprehensive and systematic review