"mononymy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From mono- + -onymy. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|mono|onymy}} mono- + -onymy Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mononymy (uncountable)
  1. Standardization of terms so that each entity has only one name. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-mononymy-en-noun-BBzUztLq Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mono-, English terms suffixed with -onymy Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -onymy: 56 44
  2. The use of one-word names. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-mononymy-en-noun-sAI60E-G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92
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          "ref": "1993, Richard Alan Strehlow, Sue Ellen Wright, Standardizing Terminology for Better Communication, →ISBN:",
          "text": "ISO 704 and ISO 1087 prescribe mononymy as highly desirable for standardized terminologies, but as experience shows, individuals in developing disciplines (having unsettled terminology) are rarely able to agree on mononyms.",
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          "ref": "2006, Pius ten Hacken, Terminology, Computing and Translation, →ISBN, page 29:",
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          "ref": "2007, Bassey Antia, Indeterminacy in Terminology and LSP, →ISBN:",
          "text": "What I am calling systematic gazetteers are primarily digital in form and address this lack of mononymy by providing a mix of disambiguating information in complex gazetteer records.",
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          "ref": "1940 May, Earl Edward Sherff, “The concept of the genus: IV. The delimitations of genera from the conservative point of view”, in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, volume 67, number 5:",
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