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tax·is

1[tak-sis]
noun, plural tax·es [tak-seez] .
1.
arrangement or order, as in one of the physical sciences.
2.
Biology. oriented movement of a motile organism in response to an external stimulus, as toward or away from light.
3.
Surgery. the replacing of a displaced part, or the reducing of a hernia or the like, by manipulation without cutting.
4.
Architecture. the adaptation to the purposes of a building of its various parts.

Origin:
1720–30; < Neo-Latin < Greek táxis, equivalent to tak- (base of tássein to arrange, put in order) + -sis -sis

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tax·is

2[tak-seez]
noun
a plural of taxi.

-taxis

a combining form representing taxis1 in compound words: heterotaxis.
Compare tax-, taxi-, taxo-, -taxy.

tax·i

[tak-see] noun, plural tax·is or tax·ies, verb, tax·ied, tax·i·ing or tax·y·ing.
noun
1.
verb (used without object)
2.
to ride or travel in a taxicab.
3.
(of an airplane) to move over the surface of the ground or water under its own power.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cause (an airplane) to taxi.

Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; short for taxicab

un·tax·ied, adjective
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taxis (ˈtæksɪs)
 
n
1.  the movement of a cell or organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus
2.  surgery the repositioning of a displaced organ or part by manual manipulation only
 
[C18: via New Latin from Greek: arrangement, from tassein to place in order]

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taxi
1907, shortening of taximeter cab (introduced in London in March 1907), from taximeter "automatic meter to record the distance and fare" (1898), from Fr. taximètre, from Ger. Taxameter (1890), coined from M.L. taxa "tax, charge." An earlier Eng. form was taxameter (1894), used in horse-drawn cabs.
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The verb is first recorded 1911, from earlier noun use as slang for "aircraft." Taxicab is also first attested 1907. Taxi dancer "woman whose services may be hired at a dance hall" is recorded from 1930. Taxi squad in U.S. football is 1966, from a former Cleveland Browns owner who gave his reserves jobs with his taxicab company to keep them paid and available ["Dictionary of American Slang"], but other explanations (short-term hire or shuttling back and forth from the main team) seem possible.
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taxis tax·is (tāk'sĭs)
n. pl. tax·es (tāk'sēz)

  1. The responsive movement of a free-moving organism or cell toward or away from an external stimulus, such as light.

  2. The moving of a body part by manipulation into normal position, as after a dislocation.

-taxis suff.

  1. Order; arrangement: stereotaxis.

  2. Responsive movement; taxis: chemotaxis.

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