nomenclature

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

[edit] English

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Latin nomenclatura (a calling by name, list of names), from nomen (name) + calare (call)

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /nɜʊm.ˈɛn.klə.tjə(ɹ)/ SAMPA: /nQm."En.kl{.tj@(r)/

[edit] Noun

nomenclature (countable and uncountable; plural nomenclatures)

  1. (obsolete) A name.
  2. A set of names or terms.
  3. A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page ix
      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.

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

nomenclature f.

  1. Plural form of nomenclatura.
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Views
Actions
Navigation
Toolbox
In other languages