different between ascending vs taxonomy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd??
• Hyphenation: as?cend?ing

Verb

ascending

1. Present participle and gerund of ascend.

Adjective

ascending (not comparable)

1. (of a sequence) Ordered such that each element is greater than or equal to the previous element.

   Antonym: descending

2. (computing) That causes a sequence to follow an ascending order.

   Antonym: descending

Translations

Noun

ascending (plural ascendings)

1. An ascent.

   continual ascendings and descendings

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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