different between coplanarity vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• co-planarity

Noun

coplanarity (countable and uncountable, plural coplanarities)

1. (geometry, of at least two things, usually lines) The state or characteristic of being within the same plane.
2. (astronomy, of multiple planets or other orbiting bodies) The state or characteristic of orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane.
   • 2009, Robert Naeye, "Exoplanets' Dance Reveals They're Coplanar," skyandtelescope.com, 9 Jan. (retrieved 9 Jan. 2009):

     Gliese 876 affords us by far our most detailed and accurate map of any extrasolar planetary system in the solar neighborhood, and […] it is reassuring to see a kinship in the most fundamental property of system coplanarity.

Related terms

• coplanar

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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