different between unidirectional vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From uni- +? directional.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ju?n?d????k??n?l/, /-da?-/, /-???k??nl?/, /-???k?n?l/
• (General American) enPR: yo?o'n?-d?-r?k?sh?n-(?)l, -d?-, -r?k?shn?l, IPA^(key): /?jun??d?????k??n?l/, /-da?-/, /-???k??nl?/, /-???k?n?l/
• Rhymes: -?k??n?l, -?k?n?l
• Hyphenation: uni?di?rec?tion?al

Adjective

unidirectional (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to only one direction, e.g.: where all component parts are aligned in the same direction in space.

Antonyms

• bidirectional

Translations

See also

• omnidirectional

Noun

unidirectional (plural unidirectionals)

1. A fabric in which the majority of fibers run in the same single direction.

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

Translations