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fingerspelling

English

Etymology

finger +? spelling

Noun

fingerspelling (countable and uncountable, plural fingerspellings)

  1. The practice of representing the letters of the alphabet using just the hands to spell out words.
  2. Any system for representing the letters of the alphabet using just the hands.
  3. A representation of the spelling of a word using just the hands.

Synonyms

  • dactylology

Translations

fingerspelling From the web:

  • fingerspelling meaning
  • fingerspelling what does it mean
  • what is fingerspelling used for
  • what is fingerspelling in asl
  • what is fingerspelling used for in asl
  • what is fingerspelling in health and social care
  • what is fingerspelling in auslan
  • what does fingerspelling


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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