nomenclature : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: nomenclature	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nomenclature n a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology" Synonym(s): terminology, nomenclature, language
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nomenclature \No"mencla`ture\, n. [L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See {Nomenclator}.] 1. A name. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. [R.] 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.