'''Terminology''' is the [[study]] of terms and their use. Terms are [[words]] and compound words that are used in specific [[contexts]]. Not to be [[confused]] with "terms" in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloquialism colloquial] usages, the shortened form of technical terms (or terms of art) which are defined within a [[discipline]] or speciality field. The [[discipline]] Terminology studies among other things how such terms of art come to be and their interrelationships within a [[culture]]. | '''Terminology''' is the [[study]] of terms and their use. Terms are [[words]] and compound words that are used in specific [[contexts]]. Not to be [[confused]] with "terms" in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloquialism colloquial] usages, the shortened form of technical terms (or terms of art) which are defined within a [[discipline]] or speciality field. The [[discipline]] Terminology studies among other things how such terms of art come to be and their interrelationships within a [[culture]]. |