Associations to the word «Nomenclature»

Wiktionary

NOMENCLATURE, noun. (obsolete) A name.
NOMENCLATURE, noun. A set of names or terms.
NOMENCLATURE, noun. A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.

Dictionary definition

NOMENCLATURE, noun. A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.