No"men*cla`ture (?), n. [L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See Nomenclator.]
1.
A name.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
2.
A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary.
[R.]
3.
The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.
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