different between macroeconomics vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From macro- (“large scale”) +? economics. The first published use of the term was by the Norwegian economist Ragnar Frisch (1895–1973) in 1933.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæk.?o??i?.k??n?.m?ks/, /?mæk.?o???.k??n?.m?ks/
• Hyphenation: mac?ro?ec?o?nom?ics

Noun

macroeconomics (uncountable)

1. The study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices.

   Antonym: microeconomics

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See also

• econometrics, also coined (in current sense) by Frisch

References

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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