taxonomy - Definitions from Dictionary.com

7 results for: taxonomy

Comprehensive Taxonomy Learn how efficient, agile Taxonomy Factiva.com solutions.dowjones.com	Sponsored Links

Taxonomy for Microsoft Superior taxonomy management across Microsoft content stores www.interse.com

KMWorld & Intranets 2008 The leading event on knowledge management & intranets. Get info! www.kmworld.com/kmw07/

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

tax·on·o·my

Audio Help [tak-son-uh-mee] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	the science or technique of classification.

2.	Biology. the science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms.

[Origin: 1805–15; F taxonomie. See taxo-, -nomy

]

—Related forms

tax·o·nom·ic

Audio Help [tak-suh-nom-ik] Pronunciation Key, tax·o·nom·i·cal, adjective

tax·o·nom·i·cal·ly, adverb

tax·on·o·mist, tax·on·o·mer, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Comprehensive Taxonomy Learn how efficient, agile Taxonomy Factiva.com solutions.dowjones.com	Sponsored Links

Taxonomy for Microsoft Superior taxonomy management across Microsoft content stores www.interse.com

KMWorld & Intranets 2008 The leading event on knowledge management & intranets. Get info! www.kmworld.com/kmw07/

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
taxonomy

To learn more about taxonomy visit Britannica.com

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

tax·on·o·my Audio Help (tāk-sŏn'ə-mē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. tax·on·o·mies

The classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationships.
The science, laws, or principles of classification; systematics.
Division into ordered groups or categories: "Scholars have been laboring to develop a taxonomy of young killers" (Aric Press).

[French taxonomie : Greek taxis, arrangement; see taxis + -nomie, method (from Greek -nomiā; see -nomy).]

tax·on'o·mist n.

(Download Now or Buy the Book)

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
taxonomy

1828, from Fr. taxonomie (1813), introduced by Linnæus and coined irregularly from Gk. taxis "arrangement" (see taxidermy) + -nomia "method," from -nomos "managing," from nemein "manage" (see numismatics).

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

taxonomy
noun
1.	a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
2.	(biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
3.	practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

taxonomy Audio Help (tāk-sŏn'ə-mē) Pronunciation Key

(click for larger image in new window)

The scientific classification of organisms into specially named groups based either on shared characteristics or on evolutionary relationships as inferred from the fossil record or established by genetic analysis.