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nomenclature

no·menc·la·ture

UK/nə(ʊ)ˈmɛŋ.klət͡ʃə/ US/-ˈmɛn-/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

a system of words used in a particular discipline

  • “legal terminology”
  • “the language of sociology”
Synonyms

Origin

Borrowed from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nōmen (“name”) + calāre (“call”). Doublet of nomenklatura.

Phrases

  • binomial nomenclature
  • chemical nomenclature
  • Linnaean nomenclature
  • substitutive nomenclature

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