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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:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry. [1913 Webster] The barbarous effect produced by a German structure of sentence, and a terminology altogether new. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
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]