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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A system of laws governing or a body of knowledge about a specified field: aeronomy.
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- n. a system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a body of a particular field; distribution, arrangement, management
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- From Ancient Greek νόμος (nomos, "law, custom"). (Wiktionary)
- Greek -nomiā, from nomos, law; see nem- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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