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{{Short description|Academic discipline studying terms and their general uses}}
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'''Terminology''' is a group of specialized words and respective meanings in a particular field, and also the study of such terms and their use;<ref>The two meanings given by the [[Concise Oxford English Dictionary]] (in their entirety) are: "terms used in an art etc." and "science of proper use of terms".</ref> the latter meaning is also known as '''terminology science'''. A '''''term''''' is a word, [[Compound (linguistics)|compound word]], or multi-word [[Expression (language)|expression]] that in specific [[context (language use)|contexts]] is given specific meanings—these may deviate from the meanings the same words have in other contexts and in everyday language.<ref>a word or expression that has a precise meaning in some uses or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or subject.{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Term|access-date=2018-06-25}}</ref> Terminology is a discipline that studies, among other things, the development of such terms and their interrelationships within a specialized domain. Terminology differs from [[lexicography]], as it involves the study of [[concept]]s, conceptual systems and their labels (''terms''), whereas lexicography studies words and their meanings.

Terminology is a discipline that systematically studies the "labelling or designating of concepts" particular to one or more subject fields or domains of [[human]] activity. It does this through the research and analysis of terms in context for the purpose of documenting and promoting consistent usage. Terminology can be limited to one or more languages (for example, "multilingual terminology" and "bilingual terminology"), or may have an [[interdisciplinarity]] focus on the use of terms in different fields.