terminology

Meaning

Noun

• A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised fied
• The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms.
• The scientific study of such terms

Related

Similar words

• nomenclature, vocabulary, language, wording, phraseology, jargon, lingo, -ese

Origin

• From Latin terminus ("a term") + -ology, from -o- + -logy, from Ancient Greek -λογία ("-logy, branch of study, to speak")