taxonomy
the science or technique of classification.
a classification into ordered categories: a proposed taxonomy of educational objectives.
Biology. the science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms.
Origin of taxonomy
1Other words from taxonomy
- tax·o·nom·ic [tak-suh-nom-ik], /ˌtæk səˈnɒm ɪk/, tax·o·nom·i·cal, adjective
- tax·o·nom·i·cal·ly, adverb
- tax·on·o·mist, tax·on·o·mer, noun
- non·tax·o·nom·ic, adjective
- non·tax·o·nom·i·cal, adjective
- non·tax·o·nom·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use taxonomy in a sentence
I remember being included in a “slide-in,” where scientists shared slideshows and enthusiastically debated plant taxonomy.
Nevertheless, the degree of overlap of the ranges of variation is such that this ratio is of relatively little use taxonomically.
North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae) | Robert G. WebbBirds breeding in Kansas are taxonomically, ecologically, and distributionally diverse.
The Breeding Birds of Kansas | Richard F. JohnstonWhen "measuring" chipmunks taxonomically, it is necessary to use a "chipmunk scale" and not, for example, a "pocket-gopher scale."
Taxonomically the Genus Ammospiza has received the attention of ornithologists for more than a century.
Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima | Glen E. Woolfenden
The media in the countries in transition is taxonomically not dissimilar to its brethren in the West.
After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
British Dictionary definitions for taxonomy
/ (tækˈsɒnəmɪ) /
the branch of biology concerned with the classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure, origin, etc
the practice of arranging organisms in this way
the science or practice of classification
Origin of taxonomy
1Derived forms of taxonomy
- taxonomic (ˌtæksəˈnɒmɪk) or taxonomical, adjective
- taxonomically, adverb
- taxonomist or taxonomer, noun
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Scientific definitions for taxonomy
[ tăk-sŏn′ə-mē ]
The scientific classification of organisms into specially named groups based either on shared characteristics or on evolutionary relationships as inferred from the fossil record or established by genetic analysis.
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Cultural definitions for taxonomy
[ (tak-son-uh-mee) ]
The classification of living things. (See Linnean classification.)
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