terminology
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< Latin terminus (“‘a term’”) + Greek -λογία (-logía), “‘-logy, branch of study, to speak’”)
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- tзrminóləjee
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terminology (plural terminologies)
- The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms, a system of specialized terms.
- The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry.
- 1919, H. L. Mencken, The American Language:
- Ad for advertisement is struggling hard for general recognition; some of its compounds, e. g., ad-writer, want-ad, display-ad, ad-card, ad-rate, column-ad and ad-man, are already accepted in technical terminology.
- 1919, H. L. Mencken, The American Language:
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doctrine of terms
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terms used in any business, art, etc
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[edit] External links
- terminology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- terminology in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
