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nomenclature

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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.

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

nomen·clatur·al adj.

nomenclature [nəʊˈmɛnklətʃə (US) ˈnəʊmənˌkleɪtʃər]
n
the terminology used in a particular science, art, activity, etc.
[from Latin nōmenclātūra list of names; see nomenclator]

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
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nomenclature - a system of words used to name things in a particular disciplinenomenclature - a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"
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

nomenclature
noun terminology, vocabulary, classification, taxonomy, phraseology, codification, locution We owe the modern system of lunar nomenclature to an Italian astronomer.
Translations
nomenclature [nəʊˈmenklətʃəʳ] Nnomenclatura f
nomenclature
nNomenklatur f
nomenclature [nəʊˈmɛnklətʃəʳ] n (frm) → nomenclatura


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Indeed, it is to be wished that the whole of our country could be rescued, as much as possible, from the wretched nomenclature inflicted upon it, by ignorant and vulgar minds; and thismight be done, in a great degree, by restoring the Indian names, wherever significant and euphonious.
They asked him why he had not come on the previous Sunday, and he told them he had been ill; they wanted to know what was the matter with him; and Philip, to amuse them, suggested a mysterious ailment, the name of which, double-barrelled and barbarous with its mixture of Greek and Latin (medical nomenclature bristled with such), made them shriek with delight.
The emperor was anxious to see that famous temple of the Rotunda, called in ancient times the temple 'of all the gods,' but now-a-days, by a better nomenclature, 'of all the saints,' which is the best preserved building of all those of pagan construction in Rome, and the one which best sustains the reputation of mighty works and magnificence of its founders.
 
 
 
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