different between slowness vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

slow +? -ness

Noun

slowness (usually uncountable, plural slownesses)

1. The quality or state of being slow.
2. (physics) A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.

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References

• slowness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• slowness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• snowless

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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