[ 'taksɪs ]
■ noun ( plural taxes 'taksi:z )
1》 Surgery the restoration of displaced bones or organs by manual pressure alone.
2》 Biology a motion or orientation of a cell, organism, or part in response to an external stimulus. Compare with kinesis .
3》 Linguistics the systematic arrangement of linguistic units in linear sequence.
Origin
C18: from Gk, lit. 'arrangement', from tassein 'arrange'.