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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline;
- Example: "legal terminology"
- Example: "biological nomenclature"
- Example: "the language of sociology"
[syn: terminology, nomenclature, language]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nomenclature \No"men*cla`ture\, n. [L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See Nomenclator.] 1. A name. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. [R.] [1913 Webster] 3. The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates. [1913 Webster]
