different between hoarfrost vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• hoar frost, hoar-frost

Etymology

From Middle English horfrost, hoorfrost, hore vrost, equivalent to hoar +? frost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??(?)f??st/

Noun

hoarfrost (usually uncountable, plural hoarfrosts)

1. Dewdrops which have undergone deposition and frozen into ice crystals to form a white deposit on an exposed surface, when the air is cold and moist.

   Coordinate terms: dew, glaze, rime

Related terms

• hoar

Translations

Further reading

• hoarfrost on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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