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nomenclature

[noh-muhn-klay-cher, noh-men-kluh-cher, -choor] / ˈnoʊ mənˌkleɪ tʃər, noʊˈmɛn klə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər /


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With tech leaders adopting the term, the US "may well be able to set the nomenclature," Paterson said.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The case would go all the way to the international commission on zoological nomenclature, with “taxonomic instability” in the balance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

In light of that, the province pushed for -- and won -- "an exemption from the International Olympic Committee... because their nomenclature only included one name," Kompatscher said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

And they agreed that having Aldama was essential to making the series, particularly when it came to depicting the cheer routines and getting the nomenclature right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

Alienation between rulers and ruled even extended to matters of simple nomenclature: according to one modern authority on demotic-script documents, the natives studiously avoided referring to Alexandria in the language of their conquerors.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

In 2021, the society announced the formation of an ad hoc committee to look into nomenclatures.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021

Various nomenclatures are used to derive names for amines, but all involve the class-identifying suffix –ine as illustrated here for a few simple examples:

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

Government contracting firms are adopting new nomenclatures that create buzz.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2011

Civilization, in its career, may often be traced in the nomenclatures of successive periods.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various

Similar monotonies are strikingly observable in the nomenclatures of Virgil.

From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Torquato Tasso




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