different between hydrostatic vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• hydrostatick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?d????stæt?k/

Etymology

hydro- +? static

Adjective

hydrostatic (not comparable)

1. (physics) Of or relating to hydrostatics.
2. Of or relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit.

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Translations

Related terms

• static

See also

• hydrodynamic

References

• “hydrostatic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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

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