nomenclature

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Definition

  1. noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nōmen (“name”) + calāre (“call”). Doublet of nomenklatura.

In classic literature

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terminology, language

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