different between migration vs taxis

English

Etymology

From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migr?ti?, from the participle stem of migr? (“I migrate”).Morphologically migrate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ma????e??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

migration (countable and uncountable, plural migrations)

1. An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
2. Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
3. Movement in general.

   The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.

4. (computing) Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
5. (biochemistry) The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.

Derived terms

• chain migration
• internal migration
• loop migration
• mass migration
• relay migration
• stepwise migration

Related terms

• emigration
• migrant
• migrate
• migratory
• immigration
• inmigration, in-migration
• outmigration, out-migration
• porting

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin migr?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

migration f (plural migrations)

1. migration (of animals)
2. migration (of people)

Related terms

• migrer

Further reading

• “migration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Noun

migration f (plural migrations)

1. migration (movement from one place to another)

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin migr?ti?, from migr? (“I migrate”) + -?ti?.

Noun

migration c

1. migration; an instance of moving to live in another place for a while, often used in regards of immigration

2. (biology) migration; seasonal moving for animals, as birds or fishes, to breed or find a new home
3. (computing) migration; instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one

Declension

Derived terms

• Migrationsverket
• migrationspolitik

Related terms

• migrera
• migrant
• immigration
• emigration

References

• migration in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (táxis, “arrangment, order”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?k?s?s, IPA^(key): /?tæks?s/

Noun

taxis (plural taxes)

1. (biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
2. (medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.

   Synonym: reduction

3. (rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
4. arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
5. (historical) A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.

Usage notes

Distinguished from tropism in that in a tropism, the organism is not motile, and simply turns or grows towards or away from stimulus (e.g., plants, fungi), while in a taxis, the organism has motility and moves towards or away from stimulus (e.g., bacteria, animals). Distinguished from a kinesis in that a kinesis is non-directional movement, while a taxis is directional.

Translations

See also

• kinesis
• tropism

Etymology 2

See taxi.

Alternative forms

• taxies

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?k?s?z, IPA^(key): /?tæksiz/

Noun

taxis

1. plural of taxi

Verb

taxis

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of taxi

Catalan

Noun

taxis

1. plural of taxi

French

Noun

taxis m

1. plural of taxi

Latin

Noun

tax?s

1. dative plural of taxus
2. ablative plural of taxus

References

• taxis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• taxis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• taxis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Noun

taxis

1. plural of taxi

Swedish

Noun

taxis

1. indefinite genitive singular of taxi