different between numerator vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Late Latin numerator.

Noun

numerator (plural numerators)

1. (arithmetic) The number or expression written above the line in a fraction (such as 1 in ½).

   Synonym: (obsolete) nominator

   Coordinate term: denominator

2. An enumerator; someone who counts things.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From numer? (“count, reckon”), from numerus (“number”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nu.me?ra?.tor/, [n?m???ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nu.me?ra.tor/, [num?????t??r]

Noun

numer?tor m (genitive numer?t?ris); third declension

1. counter, numerator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• ? English: numerator
• ? Middle French: numerateur
  • French: numérateur
• Italian: numeratore
• Spanish: numerador

References

• numerator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• numerator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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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