Definition of TERMINOLOGY

terminology

Meanings

Plural: terminologies

Noun

  • a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
    • "legal terminology"
  • A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised field.
  • The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms.
  • The scientific study of such terms.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Scrabble Score: 17

terminology is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
terminology is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
terminology is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

terminology is a valid Words With Friends word