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terminology

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ter·mi·nol·o·gy  (tûrm-nl-j)
n. pl. ter·mi·nol·o·gies
1. The vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art; nomenclature.
2. The study of nomenclature.

[German Terminologie, from Medieval Latin terminus, expression; see term.]

termi·no·logi·cal (-n-lj-kl) adj.
termi·no·logi·cal·ly adv.
termi·nolo·gist n.

terminology
Noun
pl -gies the specialized words and expressions relating to a particular subject
terminological adj
terminologist n

terminology
1. the terms of any branch of knowledge, field of activity, etc.
2. the classification of terms associated with a particular field; nomenclature.
3. Rare. the science of classification. — terminologic, terminological, adj.
See also: Classification
1. the classification of terms associated with a particular field; nomenclature.
2. the terms of any branch of knowledge, field of activity, etc. — terminologic, terminological, adj.
See also: Language
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.terminologyterminology - 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

terminology
Translations
terminology [təːmɪˈnɔlədʒɪ] nterminología

terminology [təːmɪˈnɔlədʒɪ] nterminologie f

terminology [təːmɪˈnɔlədʒɪ] nTerminologie f

terminology [təːmɪˈnɔlədʒɪ] nterminologia

terminology
n terminology [təːmiˈnolədʒi]
the special words or phrases used in a particular art, science etc legal terminology; Every science has its own terminology. terminologie إصْطِلاحات، مُصْطَلَحات فَنِّيَّه терминология terminologie terminologi; fagsprog die Terminologie ορολογία terminología terminoloogia اصطلاحات terminologia terminologie מִינוּחַ शब्दावली terminologija, stručni izrazi terminológia terminologi íðorðaforði, fræðiheiti terminologia 専門用語 용어 terminologija terminoloģija istilah terminologie terminologi terminologia terminologia terminologie терминология terminológia terminologija terminologija terminologi คำศัพท์เฉพาะทาง terminoloji 術語學 термінологія اصطلاحات thuật ngữ
adj terminoˈlogical
terminologies إصْطِلاحي терминологлчен terminologický terminologisk terminologisch που σχετίζεται με την ορολογία, ορολογικός terminológico terminoloogiline اصطلاحی terminologinen terminologique של מִינוּחַ शब्दावली संबंधी terminološki terminológiai, szaknyelvi terminologis fræðiorða- terminologico 専門用語の 용어(상)의 terminologinis terminoloģisks peristilahan terminologisch terminologisk terminologiczny terminológico terminologic терминологический terminologický terminološki terminološki terminologisk ซึ่งเป็นคำศัพท์เฉพาะทาง terminolojik 術語的 термінологічний اصطلاحاتي thuộc thuật ngữ


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But the Square is so unaccustomed to the use of the moral terminology of Spaceland that I should be doing him an injustice if I were literally to transcribe his defence against this charge.
Further, if one thing is said to be correlative with another, and the terminology used is correct, then, though all irrelevant attributes should be removed, and only that one attribute left in virtue of which it was correctly stated to be correlative with that other, the stated correlation will still exist.
You talk verbosely in antiquated terminology of your love of liberty, and all the while you wear the scarlet livery of the Iron Heel.
 
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