nomenclature

Etymology

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

noun

  1. A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.
  2. A set of names or terms.
    Another major defect of the current literature dealing with the nomenclature of hybrid forms of English is the scant attention paid to the question of frequency. 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 4
  3. (obsolete) A name.

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