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nomenclature

  • /nə(ʊ)ˈmɛŋ.klət͡ʃə/ UK
  • /-ˈmɛn-/ UK
  • /ˈnəʊmɪn.klət͡ʃə/ UK, obsolete
  • /ˈnəʊmɛn.klət͡ʃə/ UK, obsolete
  • /ˈnoʊmənˌkleɪt͡ʃɚ/ US
  • /ˌnoʊmənˈkleɪt͡ʃɚ/ US

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

noun nomenclatures

  1. countable, uncountable A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences. It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
  2. countable, uncountable A set of names or terms. I'll try to educate ya / Gonna familiarize you with the nomenclature
  3. countable, obsolete, uncountable A name.

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