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[syn: terminology, nomenclature, language]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Terminology \Ter`mi*nol"o*gy\, n. [L. terminus term + -logy: cf.
F. terminologie.]
1. The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations;
a treatise on terms.
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2. The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or
the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the
terminology of chemistry.
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The barbarous effect produced by a German structure
of sentence, and a terminology altogether new. --De
Quincey.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
terminology
n 1: a system of words used to name things in a particular
discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature";
"the language of sociology" [syn: terminology,
nomenclature, language]