different between anabranching vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From ana- +? branching.

Adjective

anabranching (not comparable)

1. (hydrology, of a water channel) Splitting around mid-channel islands that are roughly three times the width of the channel at full discharge.
   • 2008 January 18, Robert C. Walter and Dorothy J. Merritts, "Natural Streams and the Legacy of Water-Powered Mills"^[2], Science 319(5861), page 299:

   In particular, logjams blocked channels and led to the formation of side channels and floodplain sloughs, producing multiple anabranching channels and riverine wetlands that are in stark contrast to the large, single channels that exist in these streams today.

Coordinate terms

• anastomosing
• braided
• distributary
• meandering
• reticulate
• straight

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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