'Terminology' definitions:
Definition of 'terminology'
(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 'Terminology'
From: GCIDE
- Terminology \Ter`mi*nol"o*gy\, n. [L. terminus term + -logy: cf. F. terminologie.]
- 1. The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry. [1913 Webster]
- The barbarous effect produced by a German structure of sentence, and a terminology altogether new. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'terminology'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antonomasia,
- argot,
- binomial nomenclature,
- biosystematics,
- biosystematy,
- cant,
- class,
- classification,
- dictionary,
- family,
- gazetteer,
- genus,
- gibberish,
- glossary,
- glossology,
- gobbledygook,
- gradus,
- jargon,
- kingdom,
- language,
- lexicon,
- lingo,
- locutions,
- nomenclator,
- nomenclature,
- onomastics,
- onomatology,
- order,
- orismology,
- palaver,
- phraseology,
- phrasing,
- phylum,
- place-names,
- place-naming,
- polyonymy,
- promptorium,
- shoptalk,
- species,
- systematics,
- taxonomy,
- terms,
- thesaurus,
- toponymy,
- trinomialism,
- vocabulary,
- word list,
- wording,
- words