[tur-muh-nol-uh-jee] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
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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