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Terminology

//ˌtɝ.məˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised field. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    The scientific study of such terms. countable, uncountable

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”).

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