different between duned vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

dune +? -ed

Adjective

duned (not comparable)

1. (geology) Featuring or formed into dunes.
   • 1912, William Mumford Gregory, Geological report on Arenac County, Issue 11, page 76,

     The banks are duned and are nearly 40 feet above the lake.

   • 1975, Joel S. Watkins, Michael L. Bottino, Marie Morisawa, Our Geological Environment, page 226,

     Duned coasts appear where sand accumulates on a beach faster than the waves can move the material alongshore.

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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