Ter`mi*nol"o*gy (?), n. [L. terminus term + -logy: cf. F. terminologie.]
1.
The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms.
2.
The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry.
The barbarous effect produced by a German structure of sentence, and a terminology altogether new.
De Quincey.
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