nomenclature Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
    language; terminology.
    • legal terminology
    • biological nomenclature
    • the language of sociology

WordNet

No"men*cla`ture noun
Etymology
L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See Nomenclator.
Definitions
  1. A name. Obs. Bacon.
  2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. R.
  3. The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.

Webster 1913