different between abbreviated vs taxonomy

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?i?vie?t?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??b?i.vi?e?.t?d/

Adjective

abbreviated (comparative more abbreviated, superlative most abbreviated)

1. Shortened; made briefer.

   The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.

2. Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
3. Scanty, as in clothing.

Related terms

• abbreviate
• abbreviation
• abbreviating

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Verb

abbreviated

1. simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate

References

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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