different between overshot vs taxonomy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.v????t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?.v????t/

Verb

overshot

1. simple past tense and past participle of overshoot

Adjective

overshot (comparative more overshot, superlative most overshot)

1. (of a water wheel) powered by water that flows over the top from above
2. Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.

Translations

Noun

overshot (plural overshots)

1. An overshot water wheel.

Related terms

• undershot

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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