TAXONOMY


Meaning of TAXONOMY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tak-ˈsä-nə-mē ]

noun

Etymology: French taxonomie, from tax- + -nomie -nomy

Date: circa 1828

1. : the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics

2. : classification ; especially : orderly classification of plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

• tax·o·nom·ic ˌtak-sə-ˈnä-mik also tax·o·nom·i·cal -mi-kəl adjective

• tax·o·nom·i·cal·ly -mi-k(ə-)lē adverb

• tax·on·o·mist tak-ˈsä-nə-mist noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.