different between headspace vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• head space
• head-space

Etymology

head +? space

Noun

headspace (countable and uncountable, plural headspaces)

1. The space between the top of the contents of a container (such as a jar) and its seal (such as a lid).
2. (informal) One's mental state.
3. (informal) Unscheduled time for reflection and thinking.
4. (firearms) The gap between the face of the bolt and the stopping surface for the cartridge.
5. (chemistry) The gas phase in contact and in equilibrium with a nonvolatile sample.

Verb

headspace (third-person singular simple present headspaces, present participle headspacing, simple past and past participle headspaced)

1. (firearms) To occupy a headspace.

Anagrams

• spacehead

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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