different between mineralize vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

mineral +? -ize

Verb

mineralize (third-person singular simple present mineralizes, present participle mineralizing, simple past and past participle mineralized)

1. To convert to a mineral; to petrify.
   • 1823, William Buckland, Reliquiæ Diluvianæ

     in all these cases , the bones found in caverns are never mineralised, but simply in the state of grave bones more or less decayed or incrusted by stalagmite ; and have no farther connexion with the rocks themselves

2. To impregnate with minerals.

3. To mineralogize; to collect and study minerals.

Antonyms

• demineralize

Derived terms

• mineralizable

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

mineralize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of mineralizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of mineralizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of mineralizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of mineralizar

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