different between formulation vs taxonomy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

formulation (countable and uncountable, plural formulations)

1. The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
   1. A particular linguistic construction; a turn of phrase.

      The formulation with the bare infinitive was somewhat less common.

2. (medicine) A medicinal preparation.

   If you liked our old shampoo, you'll love the new kinder, gentler formulation.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:definition

Related terms

• formula
• formulate

Translations

French

Etymology

From formuler +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.my.la.sj??/
• Homophone: formulations

Noun

formulation f (plural formulations)

1. wording
2. formulation

Synonyms

• tournure

Further reading

• “formulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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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