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nomenclature (noun):
1: name, designation
2: the act or process or an instance of naming
3a: a system or set of terms or symbols especially in a particular science, discipline, or art
b: an international system of standardized New Latin names used in biology for kinds and groups of kinds of animals and plants
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Nomenclature has everything to do with names: it can refer to the act of naming, a name itself, and even a system of names—you name it! The term comes to English from the Latin word nōmenclātūra, which means “assigning of names to things.” One may marvel, for instance, at the nomenclature—that is, names—of towns in the United Kingdom, from Pratts Bottom to Nether Wallop. Or one may be required to learn the nomenclature—the system of naming—of a particular branch of science. If nomenclature reminds you of a term you heard in biology class, you know what we mean. Binomial nomenclature refers to a system of nomenclature in which each species of animal or plant receives a name of two terms, of which the first identifies the genus to which it belongs and the second the species itself. For example, the scientific name for humans according to this nomenclature is Homo sapiens.
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