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English

Alternative forms

• midships

Etymology

amid +? ships

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?d.??ps/

Adverb

amidships (not comparable)

1. (nautical) In the middle of a ship, either longitudinally or laterally.

   [The U-boat captain] waited until the crosshairs lay directly amidships. “Torpedo ... los!”

   Two more torpedoes were fired; one ran erratic; the second hit amidships.

   The saloon, instead of being at the stern, according to the old method of construction, is placed more amidships.

   The main cabin, most amidships, was 8 feet 3 inches broad [...]

2. (nautical) Usually in the line of the keel, but sometimes halfway between bow and stern; often contracted to “midships.” (FM 55-501).
3. (figuratively) On the flank, at a vulnerable place.

Translations

Interjection

amidships

1. A helm order, normally shortened to midships!, to centre the helm in the line of the keel.

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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