different between maundering vs taxonomy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??nd????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m??nd????/, /?m??nd????/

Noun

maundering (plural maunderings)

1. A rambling or pointless discourse.
   • 1935-36 — Robert E. Howard, The Hour of the Dragon, ch 11

     "But this is madness!" protested Trocero. "The maunderings of a heretical priest, the mumblings of a mad witch-woman."

Verb

maundering

1. present participle of maunder

Related terms

• maunder

Anagrams

• undreaming, unmargined

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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