different between sidearm vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

side +? arm

Noun

sidearm (plural sidearms)

1. A personal weapon, such as a handgun or sword, carried on the hip in a belt, sheath, holster, etc for rapid access.

Verb

sidearm (third-person singular simple present sidearms, present participle sidearming, simple past and past participle sidearmed)

1. To throw a ball with one's arm roughly parallel to the ground.

Derived terms

• sidearmer

Adverb

sidearm (comparative more sidearm, superlative most sidearm)

1. With one's arm roughly parallel to the ground.

Further reading

• Sidearm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Demaris, admires, damsire, mardies, misread

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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