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Taxonomy
Found in thesaurus: hierarchy, systematics, classification, categorization, compartmentalization, assortment, compartmentalisation, categorisation
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taxonomy
n.
study of the principles of scientific classification (Biology)
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Taxonomy
Taxonomy may refer to:
Science
- Taxonomy (biology), a branch of science that encompasses the description, identification, nomenclature, and classification of organisms
- Alpha taxonomy, the description and basic classification of new species, subspecies, and other taxa
- Linnaean taxonomy meaning either of:
- the original classification scheme of Carl Linnæus
- rank-based scientific classification as opposed to clade-based classification
- Evolutionary taxonomy, traditional post-Darwinian hierarchical biological classification
- Numerical taxonomy, a taxonomic method employing numeric algorithms
- Phenetics, a system for ordering species based on overall similarities
- Phylogenetics, based on characteristics derived from shared descent from common ancestors
- Chemical classification, the basal taxonomy of chemical compounds
- Flynn's taxonomy, a classification of instruction level parallelism methods
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taxonomy
Noun
1. a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
(hypernym) hierarchy
2. (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
(hypernym) systematics
(hyponym) cladistics, cladisitic analysis
(classification) biology, biological science
3. practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
(hypernym) categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment
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taxonomy
n.
taxonomie
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Taxonomy
(n.)
That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.
That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.
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