different between crenellation vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From crenellate +? -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result). Crenellate is derived from French créneler (“to form the shape of a crenel, crenellate”), from Old French crenel (“crenel, embrasure”) (modern French créneau) (from Latin *cr?nella, diminutive of cr?na (“incision; notch”); compare Old French cren (“a notch”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first conjugation verbs).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??n?l?e???n/, /?k??n??le???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??n??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: cre?nel?lat?ion

Noun

crenellation (countable and uncountable, plural crenellations)

1. A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture.
2. The act of crenellating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a medieval castle.

Alternative forms

• crenelation

Hypernyms

• battlement

Related terms

• crenel
• crenellate
• licence to crenellate

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References

Further reading

• crenellation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• centrolineal

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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