No"men*cla`ture (?), n. [L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See Nomenclator.] 1. A name. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. [R.]

3. The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.

• a system or arrangement of names
  
• a system to assign names to a given field
  
• a body or system of names
  
• the names or terms comprising a set or system
  
• the term or terms applied to someone or something