different between imponderable vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From im- +? ponderable.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?p?nd???bl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?p??nd???bl/

Adjective

imponderable (comparative more imponderable, superlative most imponderable)

1. Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.
2. Difficult or impossible to comprehend or evaluate.

Translations

Noun

imponderable (plural imponderables)

1. (physics) An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism.
2. An imponderable question.

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References

• imponderable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• imponderable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Spanish

Adjective

imponderable (plural imponderables)

1. imponderable

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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