different between hydrostatics vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• hydrostaticks (obsolete)

Etymology

hydro- +? statics

Noun

hydrostatics (uncountable)

1. (physics) The scientific study of fluids at rest, especially when under pressure.
   • 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 30,

     "to estimate his skill in hydrostatistics or astronomy; ..."

Derived terms

• hydrostatic

Related terms

• statics

Translations

See also

• hydrodynamics

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

Derived terms

Translations