TAXIS


Meaning of TAXIS in English

I. ˈtaksə̇s noun

( plural tax·es -kˌsēz)

Etymology: Greek, literally, arrangement, order, from taktos (verbal of tassein to arrange, order) + -sis — more at tactics

1. : the manual restoration of a displaced body part ; specifically : the reduction of a hernia manually

2.

[New Latin, from -taxis ]

a. : reflex movement by a freely motile and usually simple organism that is translational or sometimes merely orientational and that constitutes a positive or negative response to a source of stimulation (as a light or a temperature or chemical gradient) — compare kinesis , tropism

b. : a reflex reaction involving such movement

3. : a unit (as a company, battalion) of varying size in an ancient Greek army

II.

plural of taxi

present third singular of taxi

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