different between perforation vs taxonomy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

perforation (countable and uncountable, plural perforations)

1. The act of perforating or the state of being perforated.
2. Any opening in a solid object.
3. (medicine) An abnormal opening in an organ, such as a rupture.
4. A series of holes punched through something in order to assist in separating parts.
5. (mathematics) That portion of a surface that remains after an open disk is removed from it.

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French

Etymology

From Latin perfor?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

perforation f (plural perforations)

1. perforation

Related terms

• perforer

Further reading

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

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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