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English

Etymology

From New Latin molybdaenum, from molybdaena (“any of various substances resembling lead”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (molúbdaina, “a plummet, piece of lead”), from ???????? (mólubdos, “lead; graphite”), from an Anatolian word cognate with Lydian ????????????????????????????? (mariwda, “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork?-iyo-, from a root *mork?- (“dark”); +? -um (“a chemical element”).

Attested since the last quarter of 18th century.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?l?b'd?n?m, IPA^(key): /m??l?bd?n?m/

Noun

molybdenum (countable and uncountable, plural molybdenums)

1. A chemical element (symbol Mo) with an atomic number of 42: a silvery metal, not found as a free element, used in steel alloys.
2. A single atom of this element.

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See also

• powellite
• wulfenite

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

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