different between crossbite vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

cross +? bite

Noun

crossbite (plural crossbites)

1. (dentistry) An occlusal irregularity where a tooth (or teeth) has a more buccal or lingual position than its corresponding antagonist tooth in the upper or lower arcade.
2. (obsolete) A deception; a cheat.

Verb

crossbite (third-person singular simple present crossbites, present participle crossbiting, simple past crossbit, past participle crossbitten)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To deceive; to trick.

Anagrams

• bisectors, bitscores

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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