nomenclature

no·men·cla·ture  (nmn-klchr, n-mnkl-)

n.

1. A system of names used in an art or science: the nomenclature of mineralogy.

2. The procedure of assigning names to the kinds and groups of organisms listed in a taxonomic classification: the rules of nomenclature in botany.

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[Latin nmencltra, from nmencltor, nomenclator; see nomenclator.]

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nomen·clatur·al adj.

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nomenclature [no-men-klatch-er]

Noun

Formal the system of names used in a particular subject [Latin nomenclatura list of names]

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nomenclature

1. a system of names used in the classification of an art or science or other field or subject.
2. a naming system peculiar to a social group. See also books.

See also: Classification

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1. a system of names used in the classification of an art or science or other field or subject.
2. a naming system peculiar to a social group. See also books; classification; language; nature.

See also: Names

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nomenclature - a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology" terminology, language word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" markup language - a set of symbols and rules for their use when doing a markup of a document toponomy, toponymy - the nomenclature of regional anatomy

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nomenclature

noun terminology, vocabulary, classification, taxonomy, phraseology, locution