taxis

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈtæksɪs/
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/ˈtæksɪs/ · /ˈtæksiz/

Definition of taxis

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
  3. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
  4. (countable, uncountable)arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
  5. (countable, historical, uncountable)A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.
  6. (form-of, plural)plural of taxi

verb

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).

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