Nō'men-clāt'ūre, n.

(53) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. nomenclature, Sp., It., & Lat. nomenclatura. See supra.]

1. A list, or catalogue, of the more usual and important words in a language, with their significations; a vocabulary or dictionary. [Rare.]
2. A peculiar system of technical names adopted by an individual, or a school, in any particular branch of science; terminology; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.