different between intromission vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Latin intro-', "into", + mission, "sending", from Latin missio, from perfect passive participle missus, "sent", from verb mittere, "send", + noun of action -io. Commonly used to refer to the instant at which sexual intercourse begins, when the penis first slides into (enters) the vagina.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

intromission (countable and uncountable, plural intromissions)

1. the state of being allowed to enter; admittance
2. the act of allowing to enter; admission
3. putting one thing into another; insertion
   • 1888, Henry James, The Reverberator.

     "Your father has told me all about it. Did you ever hear of anything so ridiculous?"
     "All about what?—all about what?" said Delia, whose attempt to represent happy ignorance seemed likely to be spoiled by an intromission of ferocity. She might succeed in appearing ignorant, but she could scarcely succeed in appearing happy.

4. copulation: normally refers to the first moment of initial entry of a penis into a vagina, mouth or anus.
5. (law, Scotland) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.

Translations

Related terms

• intromit
• intromittent
• intromittent organ
• intromissive

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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