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ter⋅mi⋅nol⋅o⋅gy
[tur-muh-nol-uh-jee] 
məˈnɒl
–noun, plural -gies.
| 1. | the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany. |
| 2. | the science of terms, as in particular sciences or arts. |
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| ter·mi·nol·o·gy (tûr'mə-nŏl'ə-jē) n. pl. ter·mi·nol·o·gies
[German Terminologie, from Medieval Latin terminus, expression; see term.] ter'mi·no·log'i·cal (-nə-lŏj'ĭ-kəl) adj., ter'mi·no·log'i·cal·ly adv., ter'mi·nol'o·gist n. |
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Terminology
Ter`mi*nol"o*gy\, n. [L. terminus term + -logy: cf. F. terminologie.]1. The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms. 2. The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry. The barbarous effect produced by a German structure of sentence, and a terminology altogether new. --De Quincey.
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Language Translation for : terminology
Spanish:
terminología,
German:
die Terminologie,
Japanese:
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terminology
1801, from Ger. Terminologie (1786), a hybrid coined by C.G. Schütz of Jena, from M.L. terminus "word, expression" (see terminus) + Gk. -logia "a dealing with, a speaking of."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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terminology
in colonial history, an unstable rudimentary hybrid language used as a means of communication between persons having no other language in common. Although the term was long synonymous with pidgin-as can be seen by the use of jargon in the names of such pidgins as Chinook Jargon and Mobilian Jargon-in the 1980s some linguists began restricting its use to denote pre-pidgins, or early developmental forms of pidgins.
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