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Nomenclature : (noun)
1: a system of words used in a particular discipline; "legal
terminology"; "the language of sociology" [syn: terminology,
language]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Nomenclature : \No"men*cla`ture\, n. [L. nomenclatura: cf. F.
nomenclature. See Nomenclator.]
1. A name. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. [R.]
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Nomenclature : Nomenclature: A system of names used in a particular discipline, as in medicine and surgery, anatomy and biochemistry, etc. A standard system of nomenclature presupposes the existence of an
organized classification of the entities within that field.
Based on the Latin nomenclatura, a listing of names, from nomen, name, _ calo, to proclaim. The USSR and other Communist countries used the term nomenklatura ro refer to a system of government
patronage.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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