'Nomenclature' definitions:
Definition of 'nomenclature'
(from WordNet)
noun
A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology" [syn: terminology, nomenclature, language]
Definition of 'Nomenclature'
From: GCIDE
- Nomenclature \No"men*cla`ture\, n. [L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See Nomenclator.]
- 1. A name. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]