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Meaning of NOMENCLATURE

Pronunciation:  'nowmun`kleychur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a system of words used in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "the language of sociology"
 
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 Synonyms: language, terminology
 
 See Also: markup language, word

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. The system of naming things (e.g. organisms).
  2. The making of and giving distinguishing names to all groups of organisms.
 

 

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