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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley