different between imbase vs taxonomy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?be?s/

Verb

imbase (third-person singular simple present imbases, present participle imbasing, simple past and past participle imbased)

1. Obsolete spelling of embase (“to lower”)
   • 1659, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales

     by ambitiously heaping up the conceits and authorities of other men, increase much in the bulk, but do as much imbase in true value

References

imbase in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• I-beams, Mabies, abimes, ambies

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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