-TAXY

Meaning of -TAXY in English

var. of -taxis: heterotaxy.

[ -taxia. See TAXIS 1 , -Y 3 ]

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-TAXY — noun combining form Etymology: Greek -taxia, from taktos, verbal of tassein to arrange -taxis
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-TAXY — ˈtaksē, -si noun combining form ( -es ) Etymology: Greek -taxia, from taktos (verbal of tassein to arrange, order) + …
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-TAXY — Etymology: Greek -taxia, from taktos, verbal of tassein to arrange : -taxis epi taxy
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-TAXY — [-taxy] n comb form [Gk -taxia, fr. taktos, verbal of tassein to arrange]: -taxis "epitaxy"
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TAXY — Function: noun combining form Etymology: Greek -taxia, from taktos, verbal of tassein to arrange : -TAXIS <epi taxy >
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ZOOTAXY — ˈzōəˌtaksē noun ( -es ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary zo- + -taxy : zoological taxonomy
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-TAXIES — plural of -taxy
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-TAXIA — ˈtaksēə noun combining form ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek — more at -taxy : -taxis 1 hetero …
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PLEIOTAXY — ˈplīəˌtaksē noun ( -es ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pleio- + -taxy : development of more than the normal number …
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MEIOTAXY — -ˌtaksē noun ( -es ) Etymology: mi- + -taxy : the suppression of a complete whorl of leaves or sporophylls
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GEOTAXIS — |jēō|taksə̇s noun or ge·o·taxy ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷sē ( plural geotax·es -kˌsēz ; or geotaxies ) Etymology: geotaxis, New Latin, from ge- + …
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EPITAXY — ˈepəˌtaksē noun ( -es ) Etymology: epi- + -taxy : the oriented growth of one crystalline substance on a substrate …
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CHEMOTAXIS — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˈtaksə̇s noun also che·mo·taxy ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˌtaksē ( plural chemotax·es -ˈtakˌsēz ; also chemotax·ies -ˌtaḵsēz) Etymology: chemotaxis, New Latin, from chem- + …
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CHAETOTAXY — ˈkēd.ōˌtaksē noun ( -es ) Etymology: chaet- + -taxy 1. : the arrangement or pattern of bristles on an arthropod …
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BAROTAXY — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷sē noun ( -es ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary bar- + -taxy : barotaxis
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-TAXIS — a combining form representing taxis 1 in compound words: heterotaxis. Cf. tax-, taxi-, taxo-, -taxy .
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PLEIOTAXY — /pluy"euh tak'see/ , n. Bot. an increase in the normal number of parts. Also, pleiotaxis . [ 1885-90; PLEIO- + …
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CHAETOTAXY — — chaetotactic /kee'teuh tak"tik/ , adj. /kee"teuh tak'see/ , n. Entomol. the arrangement of bristles on the exoskeleton of an …
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TAXI — [taxi] n, pl tax.is also tax.ies (ca. 1907): taxicab; also: a similarly operated boat or aircraft [2]taxi vb tax.ied ; …
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PHYLLOTAXIS — [phyl.lo.tax.is] also phyl.lo.taxy n [NL phyllotaxis, fr. phyll- + -taxis] (1857) 1: the arrangement of leaves on a stem and …
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EPITAXY — [ep.i.taxy] n [ISV] (ca. 1931): the growth on a crystalline substrate of a crystalline substance that mimics the orientation of …
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