Terminology
/ˌtɝ.məˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised field. countable, uncountable
- 2 a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline wordnet
- 3 The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms. countable, uncountable
"Ad for advertisement is struggling hard for general recognition; some of its compounds, e. g., ad-writer, want-ad, display-ad, ad-card, ad-rate, column-ad and ad-man, are already accepted in technical terminology."
- 4 The scientific study of such terms. countable, uncountable
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Each science has its own terminology."
Etymology
From French terminologie or German Terminologie and their source, New Latin terminologia, from Medieval Latin terminus (“a term”) + -ologia (“study of”), from -o- (“(interconsonantal)”) + -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”).