Nomenclature
[noh-muh n-kley-cher, noh-men-kluh-cher, -choo r] /ˈnoʊ mənˌkleɪ tʃər, noʊˈmɛn klə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər/
noun
1.
a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
2.
the names or terms comprising a set or system.
/nəʊˈmɛnklətʃə; US ˈnəʊmənˌkleɪtʃər/
noun
1.
the terminology used in a particular science, art, activity, etc
n.
c.1600, “a name,” from Middle French nomenclature (16c.), from Latin nomenclatura “calling of names,” from nomenclator “namer,” from nomen “name” (see name (n.)) + calator “caller, crier,” from calare “call out” (see claim (v.)).
Nomenclator in Rome was the title of a steward whose job was to announce visitors, and also of a prompter who helped a stumping politician recall names and pet causes of his constituents. Meaning “list or catalogue of names” first attested 1630s; that of “system of naming” is from 1660s; sense of “terminology of a science” is from 1789.
nomenclature no·men·cla·ture (nō’mən-klā’chər, nō-měn’klə-)
n.
A system of names used in a science, as of anatomical structures or biological organisms.
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