nomenclature

Nomenclature is defined as a system of names and terms used in a particular field of study or community.

(noun)

An example of nomenclature is the language of sculpture.

See nomenclature in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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
the act or a system of naming

Origin: L nomenclatura: see nomenclator

See nomenclature in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A system of names used in an art or science: the nomenclature of mineralogy.
The procedure of assigning names to the kinds and groups of organisms listed in a taxonomic classification: the rules of nomenclature in botany.

Origin:

Origin: Latin nōmenclātūra

Origin: , from nōmenclātor, nomenclator; see nomenclator

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