different between ascendance vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• ascendence

Noun

ascendance (countable and uncountable, plural ascendances)

1. Ascendancy; superiority.

Related terms

Anagrams

• adnascence

French

Etymology

ascendant +? -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.s??.d??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

ascendance f (plural ascendances)

1. (astronomy) ascent
2. (family) ancestry

Antonyms

• descendance

Related terms

• ascendant

Further reading

• “ascendance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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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