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Webster 1913 Edition

Terminology

Terˊmi-nol′o-gy

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Terminology

TERMINOL'OGY

,
Noun.
[L. terminus.] The doctrine of terms; a treatise on terms.
1.
In natural history, that branch of the science which explains all the terms used in the description of natural objects.

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