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nomenclature
Noun
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Nomenclature is a system for naming things and putting things into categories. It is used in science, especially biology.
My science teacher asked me: "How is your Felis catus today?" I had no idea she was using scientific nomenclature to ask me how my cat is.
The teacher explained that there are thousands of words for "cat" in different languages. However, if you said "Felis catus" to any scientist in the world, they would know you were talking about a cat.
unit
Noun
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One of a measure of something; the amount of something that is counted as "one".
Measure five units to the left.
$4 is the unit price.
A pound is a useful unit for thinking about amounts of butter.
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Form of measurement.
I prefer metric units.
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Item, used when no other word for something exists.
He set up the A/C unit.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
territorial
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adjective
of or relating to a territory
the territorial government of the Virgin Islands
territorial claims made by a country
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adjective
displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders
territorial behavior
strongly territorial birds
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adjective
belonging to the territory of any state or ruler
territorial rights
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noun
a territorial military unit
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noun
nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit
statistics
Noun
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Statistics are numbers about information.
New crime statistics that show the number of crimes is decreasing.
The government published new unemployment statistics for the month of June.
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Statistics is the science of using and understanding those numbers.
To do research, it's important to understand simple statistics such as averages and standard deviations.
Statistics is a kind of mathematics.