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English

Etymology

From French critérium (“competition”), from Late Latin criterium, from Ancient Greek ????????? (krit?rion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?a??t???i?m/
• Rhymes: -???i?m

Noun

criterium (plural criteriums)

1. (cycling) A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).
2. Alternative form of criterion
   • 1867 George H. Lewes, A Biographical History of Philosophy 1.181:

     There is no criterium of truth.

Synonyms

• (bicycle racing): crit

Coordinate terms

• circuit race

See also

• criterium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Road cycle racing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “criterium”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• tricerium

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin crit?rium, from Ancient Greek ????????? (krit?rion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kri?te?.ri.?m/
• Hyphenation: cri?te?ri?um
• Rhymes: -e?ri?m

Noun

criterium n (plural criteria or criteriums, diminutive criteriumpje n)

1. criterion, standard for comparison and appreciation

Derived terms

• evaluatiecriterium
• falsifieerbaarheidscriterium

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: kriteria

Noun

criterium n (plural criteriums, diminutive criteriumpje n)

1. notably in cycling, race of low athletic merit

Derived terms

• wielercriterium

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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