different between channelize vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

channel +? -ize

Verb

channelize (third-person singular simple present channelizes, present participle channelizing, simple past and past participle channelized)

1. To form a channel, especially by deepening or altering the course of a river.
2. (transitive) To transmit through a channel.
3. (transitive) To multiplex (messages) through a single line.
4. (transitive) To direct into a specific course or pathway; to channel.
   • 1978, US Department of Transportation, Traffic control for street and highway construction and maintenance operations

     It is particularly confusing when the motorist is channelized across the highway centerline. For long-term closures conflicting pavement markings must be removed or obliterated before relaning the roadway.

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Derived terms

• channelizer

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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