terminology
- 01 C1 Advanced
the set of special words used by people in a specific job or area of study.
the collective set of terms used in a particular business, art, science, or profession; nomenclature.
Simple“I found it hard to follow the doctor because he used so much medical terminology.”
In context“The legal terminology used in the contract was so dense that the client required a line-by-line explanation from her solicitor.”
UsageOften used as an uncountable noun when referring to the general language of a field.
Synonyms - 02 C2 Proficiency
the study of how special words are created and used in different fields.
the systematic study of the labelling or designating of concepts particular to one or more subject fields.
Simple“She is an expert in terminology and helps create new names for scientific discoveries.”
In context“Modern terminology as a discipline focuses on the standardisation of technical language to ensure clarity across international research teams.”
UsageUsed as an uncountable noun in this academic sense.
Synonymsglossology
Usage use terminology
“Even the terminology of migration carries a clear value judgement: Aliyah, the Hebrew term for Jewish immigration to Israel, means “ascent”, while emigrants have traditionally been known as yordim – “those who descend”.”
“But there was no established vocabulary in Telugu, Jayanti's native language, for technical terminology such as "shared-memory multiprocessor" that he needed to effectively communicate his results.”
From French terminologie or German Terminologie and their source, New Latin terminologia, from Medieval Latin terminus (“a term”) + -ologia (“study of”), from -o- (“(interconsonantal)”) + -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.