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taxonomies

taxonomies is the plural of taxonomy.

Meaning of taxonomy

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

  1. The science, technique, or process used to make a classification.
    • Holonym: ontology (relational rather than solely hierarchical)
  2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
    • At the petabyte scale, information is not a matter of simple three- and four-dimensional taxonomy and order but of dimensionally agnostic statistics.2008 June 23, Chris Anderson, “The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete”, in WIRED, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2016
  3. (uncountable, life sciences) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Phrases with taxonomies

Questions about taxonomies

What is taxonomies the plural of?
Taxonomies is the plural of taxonomy.

Words near taxonomies in the dictionary

  1. taxonomic system
  2. taxonomic systems
  3. taxonomical
  4. taxonomically
  5. taxonomics
  6. taxonomies
  7. taxonomise
  8. taxonomist
  9. taxonomists
  10. taxonomize
  11. taxonomized

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