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单词 taxonomy
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Definition of taxonomy in English:

taxonomy

noun takˈsɒnəmitækˈsɑnəmi
mass nounBiology
  • 1The branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cladistics is currently the most popular paradigm of phylogenetic classification in biological taxonomy.
    • Chromosomes are often useful in systematics and taxonomy, but are of restricted taxonomic value in Periplocoideae.
    • The success of flow cytometry and its ever-increasing use in plant taxonomy, systematics and ecology may pose unexpected problems.
    • The question remains, however, whether expertise in taxonomy and biological systematics will be available for the long term.
    • Also called numerical taxonomy, Phenetics is a school of taxonomy that classifies organisms on the basis of overall morphological or genetic similarity.
    Synonyms
    categorization, categorizing, classifying, classing, grouping, grading, ranking, organization, sorting, codification, systematization, stratification
    1. 1.1 The classification of something, especially organisms.
      the taxonomy of these fossils
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the Linnaean taxonomy, everything is, to begin with, a member of a kingdom.
      • The group that has been most commonly analysed morphometrically is the planktonic foraminifers, largely because of their well-established taxonomy and their optimal fossil record.
      • Mayr and Diamond's reluctance to appreciate the importance of fossil evidence is evident in their taxonomy.
      • The three-month training began with the work on coral taxonomy in Townsville, in northwest Australia.
      • In the wonderment of this taxonomy, the thing that is demonstrated in the exotic charm of another system of thought is the limitation of our own.
    2. 1.2count noun A scheme of classification.
      a taxonomy of smells
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Virginia's book was liberating for me, because its alternate taxonomy helped me avoid unwittingly imposing artificial political identities on my own thinking.
      • Smith's imagination was not limited to studying the extant taxonomy of market institutions.
      • So whatever the debatable points of his taxonomy (and this being analytic philosophy, there are plenty of taxonomic points to debate), I think Strawson is on to something.
      • Whether or not one accepts this sociological taxonomy there is no denying the proliferation of summer festivals.
      • I need some advice. I've been trying to develop a personal schema/taxonomy - and I don't really know where to start.

Derivatives

  • taxonomically

  • adverb taksəˈnɒmɪk(ə)li
    Biology
    • Though they are minor elements of most Cambrian benthic assemblages, rhynchonelliform brachiopods taxonomically and numerically dominate most post-Ordovician Paleozoic benthic assemblages.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In this example, the resultant morphologies are taxonomically confusing and correct interpretation is impossible without considering taphonomic modifications of original hard-part morphology.
      • To call the actually existing order liberal - or ‘neo-liberal’ - is as taxonomically accurate as calling the old Soviet Communist Party syndicalist.
      • Orangutans are taxonomically classified as two distinct subspecies, the Bornean (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) and the Sumatran (Pongo pygmaeus abelli).
      • A subspecies is a geographic race that is sufficiently different taxonomically to be worthy of a separate name.
  • taxonomist

  • noun takˈsɒnəmɪsttækˈsɑnəməst
    Biology
    • Accordingly, it was this assertion of progress - the domestication of fire - that, in part, allowed taxonomists to distinguish between animal and human.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Pinned specimens in museum cabinets were the taxonomist's arbiters for classification.
      • Later taxonomists proved less welcoming, however, and the chimp was reclassified in 1816 into its own genus, Pan, where it has remained until this day.
      • It is true that most taxonomists and conservationists work on shoestring budgets.
      • Mitchell has the instinctive taxonomist's gift for the names and inter-relatedness of living things.

Origin

Early 19th century: coined in French from Greek taxis 'arrangement' + -nomia 'distribution'.

Rhymes

agronomy, astronomy, autonomy, bonhomie, Deuteronomy, economy, gastronomy, heteronomy, metonymy, physiognomy
 
 

Definition of taxonomy in US English:

taxonomy

nountækˈsɑnəmitakˈsänəmē
Biology
  • 1The branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The success of flow cytometry and its ever-increasing use in plant taxonomy, systematics and ecology may pose unexpected problems.
    • Also called numerical taxonomy, Phenetics is a school of taxonomy that classifies organisms on the basis of overall morphological or genetic similarity.
    • Cladistics is currently the most popular paradigm of phylogenetic classification in biological taxonomy.
    • The question remains, however, whether expertise in taxonomy and biological systematics will be available for the long term.
    • Chromosomes are often useful in systematics and taxonomy, but are of restricted taxonomic value in Periplocoideae.
    Synonyms
    categorization, categorizing, classifying, classing, grouping, grading, ranking, organization, sorting, codification, systematization, stratification
    1. 1.1 The classification of something, especially organisms.
      the taxonomy of these fossils
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The group that has been most commonly analysed morphometrically is the planktonic foraminifers, largely because of their well-established taxonomy and their optimal fossil record.
      • In the Linnaean taxonomy, everything is, to begin with, a member of a kingdom.
      • Mayr and Diamond's reluctance to appreciate the importance of fossil evidence is evident in their taxonomy.
      • In the wonderment of this taxonomy, the thing that is demonstrated in the exotic charm of another system of thought is the limitation of our own.
      • The three-month training began with the work on coral taxonomy in Townsville, in northwest Australia.
    2. 1.2 A scheme of classification.
      a taxonomy of smells
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Virginia's book was liberating for me, because its alternate taxonomy helped me avoid unwittingly imposing artificial political identities on my own thinking.
      • So whatever the debatable points of his taxonomy (and this being analytic philosophy, there are plenty of taxonomic points to debate), I think Strawson is on to something.
      • I need some advice. I've been trying to develop a personal schema/taxonomy - and I don't really know where to start.
      • Whether or not one accepts this sociological taxonomy there is no denying the proliferation of summer festivals.
      • Smith's imagination was not limited to studying the extant taxonomy of market institutions.

Origin

Early 19th century: coined in French from Greek taxis ‘arrangement’ + -nomia ‘distribution’.

 
 
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