ALL meanings of taxonomy
tax·on·o·my
T t - noun plural taxonomy the science or technique of classification. 1
- noun plural taxonomy a classification into ordered categories: a proposed taxonomy of educational objectives. 1
- noun plural taxonomy Biology. the science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms. 1
- noun taxonomy classification system 1
- noun taxonomy science of classification 1
- variable noun taxonomy Taxonomy is the process of naming and classifying things such as animals and plants into groups within a larger system, according to their similarities and differences. 0
- noun taxonomy the branch of biology concerned with the classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure, origin, etc 0
- noun taxonomy the practice of arranging organisms in this way 0
- noun taxonomy the science or practice of classification 0
- noun taxonomy the science of classification; laws and principles covering the classifying of objects 0
- noun taxonomy a system of arranging animals and plants into natural, related groups based on some factor common to each, as structure, embryology, or biochemistry: the basic taxa now in use are, in descending order from most inclusive, kingdom, phylum (in botany, division), class, order, family, genus, and species 0