different between spacefaring vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

space +? faring, by analogy with seafaring.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?spe?sfæ???/

Adjective

spacefaring (not comparable)

1. Engaged in the building and launching of vehicles into space.
   • 1985, Krafft Ehricke, Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Lunar and Planetary Institute, ?ISBN, page 830:

     If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, He would have given man a moon.

Noun

spacefaring (uncountable)

1. (The practice of) spaceflight.

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

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