Definitions for Terminology
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1. terminology, nomenclature, language(noun)

   a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

   "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

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1. terminology(Noun)

   The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms, a system of specialized terms.

   Etymology: From terminus + -ology, from -o- + -logy, from -λογ?α

2. terminology(Noun)

   The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry.

   Etymology: From terminus + -ology, from -o- + -logy, from -λογ?α

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1. Terminology

   Terminology is a general word for the group of specialized words or meanings relating to a particular field, and also the study of such terms and their use, this also known as terminology science. Terms are words and compound words or multi-word expressions that in specific contexts are given specific meanings—these may deviate from the meanings the same words have in other contexts and in everyday language. Terminology is a discipline that studies, among other things, the development of such terms and their interrelationships within a specialized domain. Terminology differs from lexicography, as it involves the study of concepts, conceptual systems and their labels (terms), whereas lexicography studies words and their meanings. Terminology is a discipline that systematically studies the "labelling or designating of concepts" particular to one or more subject fields or domains of human activity. It does this through the research and analysis of terms in context for the purpose of documenting and promoting consistent usage. Terminology can be limited to one or more languages (for example, "multilingual terminology" and "bilingual terminology"), or may have an interdisciplinarity focus on the use of terms in different fields.

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1. Terminology(noun)

   the doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms

2. Terminology(noun)

   the terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry

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1. Terminology

   Work consisting of lists of the technical terms or expressions used in a specific field. These lists may or may not be formally adopted or sanctioned by usage.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Terminology in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Terminology in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Terminology in a Sentence

1. Benedict Cumberbatch:

   I’m devastated to have caused offence by using this outmoded terminology, i offer my sincere apologies. I make no excuse for my being an idiot and know the damage is done.

2. Roland Kobia:

   We understand that the term' Rohingya' is emotionally charged in Wednesday Myanmar and we have heard the call of the government to avoid creating tension by using polarizing terminology, so we ought to give political space to initiatives to gradually find a solution to this protracted issue.

3. Andrew Napolitano:

   If somebody removed the top secret terminology on it, that person committed a felony, but she is presumed to know what is top secret, whether it is stamped top secret or not.

4. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan:

   I won't be reprogramming any more money for the border wall, there was a billion and a half dollars that was reprogrammed, some of it did come from money we are underrunning or saving or whatever terminology Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan want to use from Afghanistan. But we have very smart people here in Defense Department and we found ways to do this without having any impact on readiness.

5. Italo Calvino:

   What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.

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