taxonomy
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- + -nomy.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)
- The science or the technique used to make a classification.
- A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
- (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
SynonymsEdit
- taxonomics
- (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy
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TranslationsEdit
science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
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classification in a hierarchical system
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