different between southwesterly vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• south-westerly

Adjective

southwesterly (comparative more southwesterly, superlative most southwesterly)

1. situated in, or pointing to, the southwest
2. (chiefly of a wind) coming from the southwest

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Adverb

southwesterly (comparative more southwesterly, superlative most southwesterly)

1. From the southwest

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Noun

southwesterly (plural southwesterlies)

1. A strong wind or storm from the southwest.

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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