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embankment

English

Etymology

embank +? -ment

Noun

embankment (plural embankments)

  1. a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.

Derived terms

  • Victoria Embankment

Translations

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  • what embankment means
  • embankment what to do
  • embankment what does it do
  • what does embankment mean
  • what is embankment dam
  • what is embankment of well
  • what is embankment in construction
  • what is embankment in road


taxonomy

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

Translations

taxonomy From the web:

  • what taxonomy means
  • what taxonomy are humans
  • what taxonomy do humans belong to
  • what taxonomy is not a type of taxonomy
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