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   nomenclature

   /nə(ʊ)ˈmɛŋklətʃə/

   noun

   • 1. the devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline: "the Linnean system of zoological nomenclature"
   • ▪ the body or system of names used in a particular specialist field: "the students found it hard to decipher the nomenclature of chemical compounds"
   • ▪ the term or terms applied to someone or something: "‘customers’ was preferred to the original nomenclature ‘passengers’"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French, from Latin nomenclatura, from nomen ‘name’ + clatura ‘calling, summoning’ (from calare ‘to call’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. nomenclative adjective
   • 2. nomenclator noun
   • 3. nomenclatural adjective

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