taxis
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- Letters
- 5
/ˈtæksɪs/
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/ˈtæksɪs/ · /ˈtæksiz/
Definition of taxis
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
- (countable, uncountable)The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
- (countable, uncountable)arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
- (countable, historical, uncountable)A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.
- (form-of, plural)plural of taxi
verb
- (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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