different between steerageway vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• steerage way
• steerage-way

Etymology

steerage +? way

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??.??d??we?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sti??d??we?/

Noun

steerageway (plural steerageways)

1. (nautical) The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered.
   • 1902 - Jack London, The Cruise of the Dazzler, chapter XII

     The latter made one tremendous spurt, then gave up in despair and hauled in his oars. French Pete let go the main-sheet, lost steerageway as he rounded up alongside the motionless skiff, and dragged Joe out.

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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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