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terminology.

A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised field.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˌtɜː.məˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/Received-Pronunciation/ˌtɝ.məˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/Atlantic-Canada, General-American/ˌtɝ.məˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/Canada, dialectal/ˌtɜː.məˈnɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/Australia
  1. A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised field.

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

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  3. The scientific study of such terms.

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Where this word comes from

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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