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taxonomy

noun
/tækˈsɒn.ə.mi/UK/tækˈsɑ.nə.mi/US/tækˈsɒn.ə.mi/CA/tækˈsɔn.ə.mi/

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. By surface analysis, taxo- + -nomy.

  1. borrowed from taxonomie

Definitions

  1. The science, technique, or process used to make a classification.

    • Holonym: ontology (relational rather than solely hierarchical)

  2. A classification

    A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.

  3. The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

The neighborhood

Derived

alpha taxonomy, beta taxonomy, biotaxonomy, chemotaxonomy, cross-taxonomy, cybertaxonomy, cytotaxonomy, ethnotaxonomy, Flynn's taxonomy, folk taxonomy, gamma taxonomy, ichnotaxonomy, morphotaxonomy, numerical taxonomy, palynotaxonomy, parataxonomy, phylotaxonomy, pseudotaxonomy, scientific taxonomy, subtaxonomy, supertaxonomy, syntaxonomy, taxon, taxonomic, zootaxonomy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at taxonomy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at taxonomy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at taxonomy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA