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nomenclature

[ noh-muhn-kley-cher, noh-men-kluh-cher, -choor ]

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noun

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

nomenclature

/ ˈnəʊmənˌkleɪtʃər; nəʊˈmɛnklətʃə /

nomen·clatur·al no·men·cla·to·ri·al [noh-m, uh, n-kl, uh, -, tawr, -ee-, uh, l, -, tohr, -], no·men·cla·tive [noh, -m, uh, n-kley-tiv], adjective

First recorded in 1600–10, nomenclature is from the Latin word nōmenclātūra “a calling by name, list of names.” See nomenclator, -ure

C17: from Latin nōmenclātūra list of names; see nomenclator

So Rhoxane could be the “queen” that local nomenclature has linked to the site.

The world had become a different place and I found myself unequipped to interpret a whole new landmine-strewn nomenclature.

Of course, the jokes, the nomenclature, the people doing the creepy but supposed to be funny stares, are almost always men.

The term itself contains misleading nomenclature—the individual does not have to be a surgeon.

But because they wanted something friendlier, they came up with the nomenclature of ‘screen name.’

The nomenclature by position is an essential part of the scheme of Keys proposed by Ptolemy.

Among the apt terms which he applied in all his nomenclature only one, Cape Tribulation, bears witness to the risks which he ran.

Similar specializations are of frequent occurrence in the history even of scientific nomenclature.

On this principle is founded the admirable binary nomenclature of botany and zoology.

This was done in the mineralogical nomenclature proposed by Professor Mohs.

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