It's the Word of the Day for January 25th.

Today's word is nomenclature, spelled N-O-M-E-N-O-M-A-T-U-R-E. Nomenclature is a noun.

It's a formal word that refers to a system of names that is used

in specialized fields and especially in science. Nomenclature is also used more broadly as a synonym

of name and designation. Here's the word used in a sentence from Cleveland.com by Roger

Roser. The junior leagues wanted to instill the same

type of nomenclature and methods used at the high school varsity level and teach the same type of

philosophies. The word nomenclature has everything to do with names. It can refer to the act of naming,

a name itself, and even a system of names. You name it.

The term comes to English from the Latin word nomenclatura, which means assigning of names to things.

One may marvel, for instance, at the nomenclature, that is, names, of towns in the United States, from 96, South Carolina

to Frankenstein, Missouri. Or one may be required to learn the nomenclature, the system of naming,

of a particular branch of science. If nomenclature reminds you of a term you heard in biology

class, you know what we mean. Binomial nomenclature refers to a system of nomenclature reminds you of a term you heard in biology class, you know what we mean.

Binomial nomenclature refers to a system of nomenclature in which each species of animal or plant

receives a name of two terms, of which the first identifies the genus to which it belongs,

and the second, the species itself.

For example, the scientific name for humans,

according to this nomenclature, is Homo sapiens. With your word of the day, I'm Peter

Sokolowski.

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