Dictionary entry

Nomenclature

Webster's Dictionary 1913

No″men‐cla′ture (?), n. [L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See Nomenclator.] 1. A name. Bacon.

2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary.

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.