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[syn: terminology, nomenclature, language]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nomenclature \No"men*cla`ture\, n. [L. nomenclatura: cf. F.
nomenclature. See Nomenclator.]
1. A name. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. [R.]
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3. The technical names used in any particular branch of
science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the
nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature
of Lavoisier and his associates.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nomenclature
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]