different between foveate vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From fovea +? -ate (in various senses).

Adjective

foveate (comparative more foveate, superlative most foveate)

1. (anatomy, of a bone or organ) Having slight depressions or pits.

Synonyms

• (having depressions): pitted

Verb

foveate (third-person singular simple present foveates, present participle foveating, simple past and past participle foveated)

1. (transitive) To angle one's eyes such that the foveae are directed at (an object in one's field of view), the fovea being the portion of the retina responsible for sharp central vision.

Derived terms

• foveation
• refoveate

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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