Nomenclature

Definition: Nomenclature

Nomenclature

Noun

1. A system of words used in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "the language of sociology".

Date "nomenclature" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Etymology: Nomenclature \No"men*cla`ture\, noun. [Latin expression nomenclatura: compare to the French expression nomenclature. See Nomenclator.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Computing	A consistent method for assigning names to elements of a system. Source: European Union. (references)
Information	An organized set of names or class names used in a specific field. Source: European Union. (references)
	A combination of individual codes where the information is shown under certain heads or headings. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Nomenclature is a system of naming and categorizing objects in a given category.

The most famous nomenclature was started by Carl von Linné (Linnaeus), he invented a system to name the natural world of animals and plants

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Nomenclature (or more precisely, Russian nomenklatura) is a system of government patronage used in countries under communist influence.

Synonyms: Nomenclature

Synonyms: language (n), terminology (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Nomenclature	Noun: nomenclature; naming; Verb: nuncupation, nomination, baptism; orismology; onomatopoeia; antonomasia.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Basic Human Anatomy: Nomenclature, Systems and Tissues - CDROM (reference) Biochemistry Reactions and Nomenclature Compact Facts Cards - 1983 (reference) Inorganic Chemistry Nomenclature Compact Facts Cards - 1980 (reference) Nomenclature and Criteria for Diagnosis of Diseases of the Heart and Great Vessels (reference) Organic Chemistry Nomenclature Vis-Ed Cards - 1983 (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Bulletin Of Zoological Nomenclature (reference) Notes Explicatives De La Nomenclature Combinee (reference) Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Nomenclature [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Enzymes are classified according to the recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry. (references)
		A better vocabulary and nomenclature are critically needed to define clearly terms related to obesity, especially terms defining outcomes. (references)
		The term microsporidia is also used as a general nomenclature for the obligate intracellular protozoan parasites belonging to the phylum Microsporidia. (references)
Business		The customs tariff is based on the Combined Nomenclature used in European countries. (references)
		In June 1990 the Venezuelan customs duty system changed from the Brussels Tariff Nomenclature (BTN) to the NANDINA classification. (references)
		The member states of the European Union (EU) established the Community Integrated Tariff (TARIC) which regulates the imposition of duties on imports into the EU. The EU tariff system, which was established by the 1958 Treaty of Rome, is based on the Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature System. (references)
Trade	Kazakhstan	In 1997, Kazakhstan adopted HS 96 as its tariff nomenclature. (references)
	Burma	Burma follows the Harmonized System of International Nomenclature. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	The Saudi tariff nomenclature is consistent with the Harmonized System. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Nomenclature" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.30% of the time. "Nomenclature" is used about 142 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.3%	141	26,682
Noun (proper)	0.7%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	142	N/A

Expressions using "nomenclature": Binary nomenclature ♦ harmonised nomenclature for the foreign trade statistics of the EEC countries ♦ harmonized nomenclature for the foreign trade statistics of the EEC countries ♦ Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "nomenclature": nomenclature-rely.
	Ending with "nomenclature": hobbit-nomenclature.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "nomenclature"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		nomenklaturë, terminologji (glossology, technicality, technology, terminology), listë (calendar, catalogue, chart, list, reckoner, repertory, roll, schedule, scroll), emërtësë, emërim (investiture, investment, name, nomination). (various references)

Arabic		‏مصطلحات (terminology), ‏مجموعة مصطلحات, ‏تسمية (appellation, designation). (various references)

Bulgarian		терминология (glossology, terminology), номенклатура. (various references)

Chinese		命名原则. (various references)

Czech		nomenklatura, názvosloví, terminologie (terminology). (various references)

Danish		nomenklatur (classification), navneliste (rooming list), systematisk fortegnelse (classification), klassifikation (classification, classifying, classing, stratification). (various references)

Dutch		nomenclatuur, naamlijst, systematische nomenclatuur (classification). (various references)

Farsi		فهرست واژه هاواصطلاحات یک علم یایک فن , فهرست علاءم واختصارات , مجموعه لغات , نام (Fame, Name, Noun, Renown, Title). (various references)

Finnish		nimikkeistö. (various references)

French		nomenclature (nomenclatural type). (various references)

German		Nomenklatur, Namensverzeichnis (alphabetical index of proprietors, alphabetical list of owners, catalogue by authors' names, name server), Fachbezeichnung, Fachausdrücke (technical terms, terminology). (various references)

Greek		ονοματολογία (classification). (various references)

Hebrew		קובץ מו� חים, כ� יון (terminology). (various references)

Hungarian		nomenklatura, nevezéktan, nómenklatúra, névjegyzék (nominal roll, register, roll), szaknyelv (lingo, terminology), cikklista. (various references)

Indonesian		tata nama, daftar istilah. (various references)

Italian		nomenclatura (classification). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		命名法 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		めいめいほう. (various references)

Korean		� �문어. (various references)

Manx		enmys (address, appoint, baptize, baptize ship, cite, denominate, denomination, designate, designation, direct, entitle, enumerate, head, name, nominate, specify, style, superscription, term, terminology, title). (various references)

Pig Latin		omenclaturenay

Portuguese		nomenclatura (nomenclatural type, nominal, tariff schedule, type specimen), relativo a nomenclatura. (various references)

Romanian		nomenclaturã (appellation), terminologie (terminology), denumire (appellation, denomination, designation, label, name, naming). (various references)

Russian		номенклатура (nomenklatura). (various references)

Scottish		Gearran (a gelding, February, garron, the 4 weeks dating from 15th March onwards. This forms a part of the animal nomenclature given to the several periods of Spring-time: first the). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nomenklatura. (various references)

Spanish		nomenclatura (nomenclatural type, type specimen). (various references)

Swedish		terminologi (terminology), nomenklatur. (various references)

Thai		ระบบการตั้งชื่อ. (various references)

Turkish		terminoloji (terminology), isimler, adlar dizini. (various references)

Ukranian		список (bill, calendar, calends, catalogue, inventory, list, panel, roster, schedule), термінологія (orismology, terminology), номінація, номенклатура (appellation), назва (appellation, appellative, denomination, designation, name, nomination), називання (designation, nomination), перелік (calendar, capitulation, catalogue, citation, enumeration). (various references)

Vietnamese		phép đặt tên gọi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "nomenclature": nomenclatures. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Nomenclature" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nomanclature, nomeclature, nomenclatura, nomenclatural, nomenclaturi, nomenklatura, nomentclature, nominclature. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "nomenclature" (pronounced nō"munklā'kher)
4	-l ā' kh er	legislature.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-l-m-n-n-o-r-t-u"
	-2 letters: counterman, countermen.
	-3 letters: calenture, coeternal, contemner, crenulate, encounter, enrolment, latecomer, mucronate, nanometer, nocturnal, nucleator, tolerance, uncleaner, urceolate.
	-4 letters: aleurone, amelcorn, calutron, carotene, cerulean, columnar, corelate, cornmeal, courante, cretonne, electron, electrum, emulator, entrance, lamenter, lanneret, neuronal, nocturne, nonelect, nonmetal, noumenal, nucleate, numerate, ornament, outlearn, outrance, relocate, relucent, remanent, renounce, routeman, routemen, tunneler, ulcerate, uncreate.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-l-m-n-n-o-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: nomenclatures.
	+5 letters: contemporaneously.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
nomenclature	62	international code of botanical nomenclature	2
binomial nomenclature	27	definition nomenclature	2
chemical nomenclature	14	nomenclature plant	2
chemistry nomenclature	12	database gene human nomenclature	2
organic nomenclature	11	nomenclature of organic compound	2
organic chemistry nomenclature	10	device global medical nomenclature	2
iupac nomenclature	6	acid fatty nomenclature	2
inorganic nomenclature	6	nomenclature ship	2
nomenclature nursing	4	nomenclature tire	2
taxonomy and nomenclature	4	chemistry general nomenclature	2
military nomenclature	3	define nomenclature	2
cosmetic ingredient international nomenclature	3	nomenclature zoological	2
museum nomenclature	3	nomenclature scientific	2
enzyme nomenclature	3	alkanes nomenclature problem	2
botanical nomenclature	3	biological nomenclature	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Nomenclature

Definition: Nomenclature

Nomenclature

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Nomenclature

Specialty Definition: Nomenclature

Synonyms: Nomenclature

Synonyms within Context: Nomenclature

Nomenclature

Crosswords: Nomenclature

Commercial Usage: Nomenclature

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nomenclature

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database gene human nomenclature

organic nomenclature

nomenclature of organic compound

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device global medical nomenclature

iupac nomenclature

acid fatty nomenclature

inorganic nomenclature

nomenclature ship

nomenclature nursing

nomenclature tire

taxonomy and nomenclature

chemistry general nomenclature

military nomenclature

define nomenclature

cosmetic ingredient international nomenclature

nomenclature zoological

museum nomenclature

nomenclature scientific

enzyme nomenclature

alkanes nomenclature problem

botanical nomenclature

biological nomenclature

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