English Explanatory Dictionary

taxis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
  2. The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
  3. The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
  4. arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
  5. A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.
noun
  1. plural of taxi
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi

Pronunciation

tăkʹsĭs /ˈtæksɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-taxis (singular).wav tăkʹsēz /ˈtæksiz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-taxes (z).wav

Word forms

taxis taxes taxies

Etymology

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

Synonyms

reduction

Related words

kinesis tropism

Derived words

aerotaxis anataxis anemotaxis barotaxis caulotaxis chemotaxis chronotaxis clinotaxis cytotaxis electrotaxis fluxotaxis galvanotaxis geotaxis gravitaxis gyrotaxis haptotaxis heliotaxis hemotaxis heterotaxis homotaxis hydrotaxis hypotaxis infotaxis klinotaxis leukotaxis ligamentotaxis magnetotaxis mechanotaxis mnemotaxis odortaxis oxytaxis parataxis phobotaxis phonotaxis phototaxis phyllotaxis rhizotaxis scototaxis stereotaxis telotaxis thermotaxis thigmotaxis tria-taxis tropotaxis
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