Nomenclature
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /nɜʊm.ˈɛn.klə.tjə(ɹ)/
Origin
From Latin nomenclatura ("a calling by name, list of names"), from nomen ("name") + calare ("call")
Full definition of nomenclature
Noun
nomenclature
(countable and uncountable; plural nomenclatures)- (obsolete) A name.
- A set of names or terms.
- A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.
- Schuster Hepaticae V|ixIt 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.