\Ter`mi*nol"o*gy\, n. [L. terminus term + -logy: cf.
F. terminologie.]
1. The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations;
   a treatise on terms.

2. The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or
   the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the
   terminology of chemistry.

         The barbarous effect produced by a German structure
         of sentence, and a terminology altogether new. --De
                                               Quincey.