different between multicolored vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• multicoloured (UK, Canada)
• multi-colored (US), multi-coloured (UK, Canada)

Etymology

multi- +? colored

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?lt??k?l?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?lt??k?l?d/

Adjective

multicolored (comparative more multicolored, superlative most multicolored)

1. (American spelling) Having multiple colors.

Synonyms

• multicolor (US), multicolour (UK, Canada)
• polychromatic
• multichromatic
• particolored (US), particoloured (UK, Canada)
• multihued; polyhued (rare)
• See also Thesaurus:multicolored

Translations

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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