different between subsurface vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

sub- +? surface

Noun

subsurface (plural subsurfaces)

1. Something that is below the layer that is on the surface.

   Before we could lay the flooring we had to lay a subsurface under it to keep it flat and support it.

2. (countable, mathematics) A surface which is a submanifold of another surface.

Translations

Adjective

subsurface (not comparable)

1. below the surface

   variations in subsurface conditions

Esperanto

Etymology

From sub- +? surfaco +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sub.sur.?fa.t?se/

Adverb

subsurface

1. subsurfacely, below the surface

Related terms

• subsurfaca

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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