different between cairned vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

cairn +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???nt/, /k???nd/

Adjective

cairned (not comparable)

1. Possessed of a cairn.
   • 2008: Henry Irwin Jenkinson, Jenkinson’s Smaller Practical Guide to North Wales, page 59 (BiblioBazaar, LLC; ?ISBN, 978-0559007736)

     At the W. end of the ridge on which the spectator is standing, are Penmaen Bach, and Allt Wen, over which peers the three-cairned summit of Penmaen Mawr.

Anagrams

• adrenic, carnied, dancier, dracine

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