different between playable vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

play +? -able

Adjective

playable (not comparable)

1. Able to be played.

   Not all compact discs are playable in car stereos.

2. (games) Of a move, giving a reasonable result; able to be played without losing.

   Is MAGICS a playable word in Scrabble?

3. (games) Of a game, able to be played and enjoyed.
   • 1989, Matt Bielby, Blasteroids (game review in Your Sinclair issue 40, April 1989)

     Some of the most playable games tend to be those that've been around the longest: the Breakout/Arkanoid/Batty imitators for instance, or, as here, the Asteroids clones.

Related terms

• playability

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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