Words / C2

n-uh-MENGKL-uh-ch-uh/nəˈmeŋklətʃə/

Nomenclature is a system of names in a field (formal): chemical nomenclature, the nomenclature of posts. Terminology (already in the dictionary) is the set of terms; jargon (already in the dictionary) is insider language, often disapproving. A name is everyday. Do not let a rename stand in for a filled cell.

Meaning

A system of names used in a science, field, or organisation (formal).

Examples

• “Elegant nomenclature does not invent a cell that is empty.”
• “A naming system is the gloss. Terminology is the word-stock (already in C1). Jargon is shop-talk (already in the dictionary). Classification is grouping (already in the dictionary). Relabelling “cut” as “simplification” is still a cut. The label is not the n.”

Good to know

A naming system (formal). Everyday: names / naming. Close: terminology. Contrast: jargon (often disapproving). A rename is not a sample.

Near in meaning

terminology

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