different between springlike vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• spring-like

Etymology

From spring +? -like.

Adjective

springlike (comparative more springlike, superlative most springlike)

1. (chiefly of the weather) Typical of spring (the season).

   It was a warm, clear, springlike day, though it was still the middle of December.

2. Resembling a spring (coiled-shaped usually metal object).

Synonyms

• (typical of spring (season)): springly

Derived terms

• springlike phenomenon

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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