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nomenclature |ˈnōmənˌklā ch ər| noun the devising or choosing of names for things, esp. in a science or other discipline. • the body or system of such names in a particular field : the nomenclature of chemical compounds. • formal the term or terms applied to someone or something : “customers” was preferred to the original ...
Not sure if you care, but the uni-, di-, and tri-, etc, work into the complex molecule nomenclature, to designate how many side groups of a particular type are on a chain. For instance, 18-bromo-12-butyl-11-chloro-4,8-diethyl-5-hydroxy-15-methoxytricos-6,13-dien-19-yne-3,9-dione has two ethyl groups, two double carbon bonds, and two oxygen ...
The OED determines two senses in which "movement" is used in music - Senses 4a & 4b. 4a.The manner of transition from note to note or passage to passage in a piece of music; relative speed, tempo.
Modern taxonomy is based on the concept of clades (common descent), but this isn't particularly connected to binomial nomenclature, which was used by Linnaeus a century before Darwin. Also, what is the relevance of the definition of "person"?
With that in mind, another way of viewing it is: PDT: A fixed, standard time, always UTC-7. PST: A fixed, standard time, always UTC-8. PT (or rarely, PDST): A vaguer concept taken to mean "whatever UTC offset is currently in effect in the Pacific Timezone, in the location given by context". Usually, then, when talking to humans (as opposed to ...
This medical definition from thefreedictionary.com describes: transverse plane of space, n an imaginary plane that cuts the body in two, separating the superior half from the inferior half, and that lies at a right angle from the body's vertical axis. And the definition for sagital: sagittal plane. n.
(CNCM: Committee on Nomenclature and Classification of Minerals || CNMMN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names). J. de Fourestier, "The Naming of Mineral Species Approved by The Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names of The International Mineralogical Association: A Brief History".
But the definition of subsection states: a subdivision or a subordinate division of a section. The notion of "placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position" is important, and distinct from the definition of "section". That is why you also find subsection used in sports ("subsection title") "2.3" is not "a section within "Section 2".
This is not an exact duplicate. Also, a financial news context is very different from a financial document context; reporting & news are pretty much by-definition for a broader audience than the materials & topics they cover. M for thousands and MM for millions would only ever be used in a context where the audience is proficient with financial ...
Scientific nomenclature in English: when an organism name (which may also be or contain the name of a disease) is used as a technical (scientific) reference to the organism, this from section 9.1 of the Mayfield Handbook usually applies: Capitalize and put in italics the phylum, class, order, family, and genus of plants and animals.