different between apoapsis vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

apo- +? apsis

Noun

apoapsis (plural apoapsides)

1. (astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.

Usage notes

For some celestial bodies, specialised terms are used.

Synonyms

• apocenter

Antonyms

• periapsis

Related terms

• apastron
• aphelion
• apoareion
• apocenter
• apocynthion
• apogalacticon
• apogee
• apohermion
• apojove
• apokrone, apokron
• apolune
• aponigricon
• aposaturnium
• aposelene

Translations

See also

• Apsis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??po?psis/, [??po???ps?is?]
• Rhymes: -?psis
• Syllabification: a?po?ap?sis

Noun

apoapsis

1. (astronomy) apoapsis

Declension

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

Translations