Nomenclature Definition

nōmən-klāchər, nō-mĕnklə-
noun
The act or a system of naming.
Webster's New World
The system or set of names used in a specific branch of learning or activity, as in biology for plants and animals, or for the parts of a particular mechanism.
Webster's New World
A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.
Wiktionary
A set of names or terms.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Nomenclature

Noun

Singular:
nomenclature
Plural:
nomenclatures

Origin of Nomenclature

  • From Latin nomenclatura (“a calling by name, list of names"), from nomen (“name") + calare (“call")

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin nōmenclātūra from nōmenclātor nomenclator nomenclator

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Nomenclature Sentence Examples

  • The committee of the Royal Geographical Society settled the existing nomenclature of the three great oceans.

  • In the time of Alexander the nomenclature was reversed, the right arm being known as Pallacopas.

  • The first sufficient explorations for cartographical record were made by John Smith in 1614, and his map was long the basis - particularly in its nomenclature - of later maps.

  • For the rest, as regards the question of nomenclature, Reid everywhere unites common sense and reason, making the former "only another name for one branch or degree of reason."

  • The nomenclature or " lettering " of maps is a subject deserving special attention.

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Words Starting With

NNONOM

Words Ending With

EREURE

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Words Starting With N and Ending With E

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With N12 Letter Words Ending With E