different between microorganism vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• micro-organism
• microörganism

Etymology

From micro- +? organism.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ma?.k??????.??n.?.z?m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ma?.k?o?????.??n.?.z?m?/

Noun

microorganism (plural microorganisms)

1. (microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.

Usage notes

Whether viruses are alive, and thus whether they are microorganisms (microbes), is a matter of variable ontology; the semantic field of the word microorganism is often taken to include viruses in casual or broad terms, but not always in precise terms.

Related terms

• microbe

Translations

See also

• macroorganism

Romanian

Etymology

From French microorganisme.

Noun

microorganism n (plural microorganisme)

1. microorganism

Declension

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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