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Definition of taxonomy in English: taxonomynoun 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 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.
- 1.2count noun A scheme of classification.
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.
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: taxonomynountækˈsɑnəmitakˈsänəmē 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 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.
- 1.2 A scheme of classification.
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’. |