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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun). Doublet of duct and douit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?k.t?s/

Noun

ductus (plural ductus or ducti)

1. (writing)
   1. the number of strokes that make up a written letter, and the direction, sequence and speed in which they are written (Compare graph; see also aspect.)
   2. a subtle reduction of weight towards the middle of the stroke of the letter
2. (anatomy) a duct, tube or canal in the body

References

• “ductus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?duk.tus/, [?d??kt??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?duk.tus/, [?d?ukt?us]

Etymology 1

From d?c? (“to lead, conduct, draw”) +? -tus (action noun suffix).

Noun

ductus m (genitive duct?s); fourth declension

1. (literally)
   1. (in general) leadership, leading, conducting
   2. (military) generalship, military lead, conduct, command
   3. (Medieval Latin) conveyance of water; a channel
2. (figuratively) (of discourse)
   1. (acting) connection or structure of a play
   2. a period

Inflection

Fourth-declension noun.

Derived terms

• duct?rius (adjective)
• duct? (verb)

Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Participle

ductus (feminine ducta, neuter ductum); first/second-declension participle

1. perfect passive participle of d?c?

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

References

• ductus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ductus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ductus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ductus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

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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