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nomenclature | American Dictionary

nomenclature
noun[ C ]
us/ˈnoʊ·mənˌkleɪ·tʃər/
a system for naming things, esp. in a particular area of science:
the nomenclature of nuclear physics

Examples of nomenclature

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This is evident in changes of the nomenclature of family planning board to family welfare organization.
We will compare the salient properties of these replicators, and derive a nomenclature for understanding how they differ from one another and other possible replicators.
Since the colonialists were not merely giving names to existing identities but actually creating them, the problem did not lie with nomenclature.
It is also important to note that there is no standardised method of nomenclature, such as exists for written or printed materials held in libraries.
Only then will it be possible to arrive at any definite conclusion on this vexed question of nomenclature.
Unified nomenclature for the winged helix/forkhead transcription factors.
Their nomenclature, their numbers and, most crucially, their tasks varied with each process and their roles were by no means replicated in every mill.
Any loci or alleles of uncertain homology with previously described markers were given a provisional nomenclature.
A clear nomenclature may long elude our searches, but it has been fruitful to begin by distinguishing somatopsychic therapies from psychosomatic ones.
Various names for the different groups have been proposed, but there has been little consistency in nomenclature or attempts to unify the different datasets.
There are also other more minor variations in nomenclature.
Therefore, the morphological nomenclature is not based on the dendritic architecture.
In presenting the results of molecular genetics it is often factually incorrect (errors range from gene nomenclature to confusion of homeotic and homeobox genes).
The new nomenclature for human cytokines is detailed.
It may be as well to point out that whether this course be adopted or not, certain other changes of nomenclature will be necessary.
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