terminology
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised field.
- (countable, uncountable) The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms.
- (countable, uncountable) The scientific study of such terms.
Synonyms
technical language
word usage
terminology management
terminology work
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌtɜː.məˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
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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