different between subluminal vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

sub- +? luminal

Adjective

subluminal (comparative more subluminal, superlative most subluminal)

1. slower-than-light; having a speed less than light.

Synonyms

• sublumic
• periphrastic: causally reachable (physics)

Translations

• Greek: ?????????????? m (ypofototachikós), ????????????? f (ypofototachikí), ????????????? n (ypofototachikó)
• Italian: subluminale m or f

Related terms

• superluminal
• transluminal
• luminal

See also

• FTL
• subsonic

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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