nomenclature
noun
a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
nomenclatural
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a word derived from
nomenclature.
Example Sentences
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Contrast this nomenclatural bonhomie with her treatment of the hapless Democratic operatives whom she brings onto the show to be yelled at during panel discussions.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2019
Near this spot, some five hundred years ago, the Mississippi went on a bender, creating a kind of hydrological as well as nomenclatural hair ball.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
It was a nomenclatural own-goal of historic proportions.
From Slate ● May 17, 2018
I’m hoping we can convince the council to expand this to Stuart Broad Street and kill the two birds of pedantry and celebration with one nomenclatural stone.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2015
They constitute a partial summary of the nomenclatural history of the typical subspecies.
From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Francis Harper
