nomenclature - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'nomenclature' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Nomenclature

[ n.]

- A name.
- A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary.
- 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.

Meaning of 'nomenclature' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . nomenclature

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

Example in sentence:

biological nomenclature;
legal terminology;
the language of sociology

Nearby Words:

nom noma nomad nomade nomadian nomadic nomadism nomadize nomadized nomadizing

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Nomenclature
Nomenclature means any system of scientific names, such as those employed in biological classification.
Binomial nomenclature
Binomial nomenclature is the scientific method of naming plants, animals, and microorganisms, so-called because species names are binomial, I.

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