different between deactivate vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• de-activate
• deäctivate

Etymology

de- +? activate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?di??ækt?ve?t/

Verb

deactivate (third-person singular simple present deactivates, present participle deactivating, simple past and past participle deactivated)

1. (ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
2. to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)
3. to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service

Translations

See also

• activate
• inactivate

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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