different between axiomatization vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From axiomatize +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?aks??m?t???ze??n?/

Noun

axiomatization (plural axiomatizations)

1. The reduction of some system or concept to a set of axioms.
   • 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin 2013, p. 49:

     The axiomatization of set theory formed the foundations, mathematically, of everything else.

2. The result of establishing a concept within a system of axioms; axiomatic system.

Related terms

• axiom
• axiomatic
• axiomatize

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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