different between sulfurous vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• sulphurous (mainly UK)

Etymology

sulfur +? -ous

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?lf???s/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?l?fju??s/

Adjective

sulfurous (comparative more sulfurous, superlative most sulfurous)

1. (American spelling) Containing sulfur.
2. (chemistry) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its lower oxidation state.

Derived terms

• sulfurous acid, sulphurous acid
• sulfurous chloride, sulphurous chloride

Translations

See also

• sulfuric

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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