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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun terminology has 1 sense
- terminology(n = noun.communication) language, nomenclature - a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology" is a kind of word
has particulars: markup language, toponomy, toponymy
Derived form adjective terminological1
CIDE DICTIONARY
terminology, n. [L. terminus term + -logy: cf. F. terminologie.].
- The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms. [1913 Webster]
- The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry. [1913 Webster]"The barbarous effect produced by a German structure of sentence, and a terminology altogether new." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
terminology, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the system of terms used in a particular subject.
2 the science of the proper use of terms.
1 the system of terms used in a particular subject.
2 the science of the proper use of terms.
Derivative
terminologist n.
Etymology
G Terminologie f. med.L TERMINUS term
THESAURUS
terminology
antonomasia, argot, binomial nomenclature, biosystematics, biosystematy, cant, class, classification, dictionary, family, gazetteer, genus, gibberish, glossary, glossology, gobbledygook, gradus, jargon, kingdom, language, lexicon, lingo, locutions, nomenclator, nomenclature, onomastics, onomatology, order, orismology, palaver, phraseology, phrasing, phylum, place-names, place-naming, polyonymy, promptorium, shoptalk, species, systematics, taxonomy, terms, thesaurus, toponymy, trinomialism, vocabulary, word list, wording, words
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