terminology

terminology
    n 1: a system of words used to name things in a particular
         discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature";
         "the language of sociology" [syn: {terminology},
         {nomenclature}, {language}]
    

Terminology \Ter`mi*nol"o*gy\, n. [L. terminus term + -logy: cf.
   F. terminologie.]
   1. The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations;
      a treatise on terms.
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   2. The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or
      the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the
      terminology of chemistry.
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            The barbarous effect produced by a German structure
            of sentence, and a terminology altogether new. --De
                                                  Quincey.
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49 Moby Thesaurus words for "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