nomenclature - Definitions from Dictionary.com

5 results for: nomenclature

Browse Nearby Entries

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

no·men·cla·ture

Audio Help [noh-muh

n-kley-cher, noh-men-kluh-cher, -choo

r] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.

2.	the names or terms comprising a set or system.

[Origin: 1600–10; < L nōmenclātūra a calling by name, list of names. See nomenclator, -ure

]

—Related forms

no·men·cla·tur·al, no·men·cla·to·ri·al

Audio Help [noh-muh

n-kluh-tawr-ee-uh

l, -tohr-] Pronunciation Key, no·men·cla·tive

Audio Help [noh-muh

n-kley-tiv] Pronunciation Key, adjective

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
nomenclature

To learn more about nomenclature visit Britannica.com

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

no·men·cla·ture Audio Help (nō'mən-klā'chər, nō-měn'klə-) Pronunciation Key
n.

A system of names used in an art or science: the nomenclature of mineralogy.
The procedure of assigning names to the kinds and groups of organisms listed in a taxonomic classification: the rules of nomenclature in botany.

[Latin nōmenclātūra, from nōmenclātor, nomenclator; see nomenclator.]

no'men·cla'tur·al adj.

(Download Now or Buy the Book)

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
nomenclature

1610, "a name," from Fr. nomenclature, from L. nomenclatura "calling of names," from nomenclator "namer," from nomen "name" + calator "caller, crier," from calare "call out" (see calendar). Nomenclator in Rome was the title of a steward whose job was to announce visitors, and also of a prompter who helped a stumping politician recall names and pet causes of his constituents. Meaning "list or catalogue of names" first attested 1635; that of "system of naming" is from 1664; sense of "terminology of a science" is from 1789.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

nomenclature
noun
a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology" [syn: terminology]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Browse Nearby Entries: