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| the terminology used in a particular science, art, activity, etc | |
| [C17: from Latin nōmenclātūra list of names; see | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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nomenclature no·men·cla·ture (nō'mən-klā'chər, nō-měn'klə-)
n.
A system of names used in a science, as of anatomical structures or biological organisms.
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Example sentences
His naming system, known as binomial nomenclature, became the standard scientific lingo and is still used today.
The color and nomenclature of this service was not fortuitous.
The trick, he said, is in the nomenclature.
Experts use the nomenclature of the highway to describe them: there are spurs, bifurcations, and crossovers.
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