Taxonomy
noun
A system to classify and organize things based on their characteristics and relationships.
The scientist created a taxonomy of plants based on their characteristics.
Often appears as...
- biological taxonomy
- cultural taxonomy
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Academic
noun
The practice of identifying and classifying organisms by their biological features.
With the advancement in research, the taxonomy of this plant species has changed.
Often appears as...
- plant taxonomy
- animal taxonomy
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Scientific
noun
In computing, a structured system to categorize and organize data or information.
It took a while for them to develop a taxonomy for the digital files in the database.
Often appears as...
- data taxonomy
- information taxonomy
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Technical
noun
A system to classify and organize things based on their characteristics and relationships.
The scientist created a taxonomy of plants based on their characteristics.
Often appears as...
- biological taxonomy
- cultural taxonomy
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The practice of identifying and classifying organisms by their biological features.
With the advancement in research, the taxonomy of this plant species has changed.
Often appears as...
- plant taxonomy
- animal taxonomy
Usage tips
Scientific
noun
In computing, a structured system to categorize and organize data or information.
It took a while for them to develop a taxonomy for the digital files in the database.
Often appears as...
- data taxonomy
- information taxonomy
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Widespread Usage
Used beyond biology; for concepts, ideas or objects grouped by shared traits.
The library uses a taxonomy to organize books by genre and author.
Pro Tip 2/3Hierarchy Included
Taxonomy often implies a hierarchy from broad to specific categories.
The taxonomy of the company's services started with general categories.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Fixed
Understand taxonomies can evolve as new characteristics or relationships are discovered.
The taxonomy of online communities is constantly updated with new platforms.
Pro Tip 1/3Widespread Usage
Used beyond biology; for concepts, ideas or objects grouped by shared traits.
The library uses a taxonomy to organize books by genre and author.
Pro Tip 2/3Hierarchy Included
Taxonomy often implies a hierarchy from broad to specific categories.
The taxonomy of the company's services started with general categories.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Fixed
Understand taxonomies can evolve as new characteristics or relationships are discovered.
The taxonomy of online communities is constantly updated with new platforms.
Pro Tip 1/3Widespread Usage
Used beyond biology; for concepts, ideas or objects grouped by shared traits.
The library uses a taxonomy to organize books by genre and author.
Pro Tip 2/3Hierarchy Included
Taxonomy often implies a hierarchy from broad to specific categories.
The taxonomy of the company's services started with general categories.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Fixed
Understand taxonomies can evolve as new characteristics or relationships are discovered.
The taxonomy of online communities is constantly updated with new platforms.
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When you're making a...
from game theory and neuroscience to understand how people interact socially when value is on the line. So game theory is a branch of, originally, applied mathematics, used mostly in economics and political science, a little bit in biology, that gives us a mathematical taxonomy of social life, and it predicts what people are likely to do and believe others will do
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The Secret Life of...
botany department of the the university which he actually founded that bought that botany department and i was doing a taxonomy class and they were like there's this priest who's done a some pioneering work for the state and he said father says so then i'm like oh my god that's my uncle that's literally when it clicked and i
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Margaret Wertheim: The...
they had such a symbolic view of mathematics, they couldn't actually see what was going on on the lettuce in front of them. It turns out that the natural world is full of hyperbolic wonders. And so, too, we've discovered that there is an infinite taxonomy of crochet hyperbolic creatures.
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A journey through the...
I can make free-floating lines, like the way you would draw around a dead body at a crime scene. So I took the objects out, and I created my own taxonomy of invented specimens. First, botanical -- which you can kind of get a sense of. Then I made some weird insects and creatures.
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The beautiful math of...
out that the natural world is full of hyperbolic wonders and so too we've discovered that there is an infinite taxonomy of crochet hyperbolic creatures we started out crissy and I and our contributors doing the simple mathematically perfect models but we
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How to make discoveries...
then you have to have a relevant taxonomy to name those attributes of its assets you're going to be working with and then apply robust formulas formulas there you go which can yield useful insights and hopefully some understanding and some wisdom tough
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Hans Rosling: Global...
has created a mindset of the world, which we still use linguistically when we talk about "the West" and "the Developing World." But the world has changed, and it's overdue to upgrade that mindset and that taxonomy of the world, and to understand it.
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Wings of the Albatross PIPE...
species of different kinds of albatross is depending on who you talk to the taxonomy is still a source of discussion among scientists but they're all different and they range from elegant gray heads like this one breathing on
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A powerful way to...
and the development of the human infant. But during all of this, he realizes he doesn't really know enough about taxonomy. So he starts studying that. And in the end, he spends eight years becoming the world's leading expert
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Borneo: Paradise Under...
wrong we're handling our planet in a way that is not wise my countryman carl linnaeus he'd the guy who invented the system of taxonomy said 250 years ago that
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When you're making a...
from game theory and neuroscience to understand how people interact socially when value is on the line. So game theory is a branch of, originally, applied mathematics, used mostly in economics and political science, a little bit in biology, that gives us a mathematical taxonomy of social life, and it predicts what people are likely to do and believe others will do
Video examples
The Secret Life of...
botany department of the the university which he actually founded that bought that botany department and i was doing a taxonomy class and they were like there's this priest who's done a some pioneering work for the state and he said father says so then i'm like oh my god that's my uncle that's literally when it clicked and i
Video examples
Margaret Wertheim: The...
they had such a symbolic view of mathematics, they couldn't actually see what was going on on the lettuce in front of them. It turns out that the natural world is full of hyperbolic wonders. And so, too, we've discovered that there is an infinite taxonomy of crochet hyperbolic creatures.
Video examples
A journey through the...
I can make free-floating lines, like the way you would draw around a dead body at a crime scene. So I took the objects out, and I created my own taxonomy of invented specimens. First, botanical -- which you can kind of get a sense of. Then I made some weird insects and creatures.
Video examples
The beautiful math of...
out that the natural world is full of hyperbolic wonders and so too we've discovered that there is an infinite taxonomy of crochet hyperbolic creatures we started out crissy and I and our contributors doing the simple mathematically perfect models but we
Video examples
How to make discoveries...
then you have to have a relevant taxonomy to name those attributes of its assets you're going to be working with and then apply robust formulas formulas there you go which can yield useful insights and hopefully some understanding and some wisdom tough
Video examples
Hans Rosling: Global...
has created a mindset of the world, which we still use linguistically when we talk about "the West" and "the Developing World." But the world has changed, and it's overdue to upgrade that mindset and that taxonomy of the world, and to understand it.
Video examples
Wings of the Albatross PIPE...
species of different kinds of albatross is depending on who you talk to the taxonomy is still a source of discussion among scientists but they're all different and they range from elegant gray heads like this one breathing on
Video examples
A powerful way to...
and the development of the human infant. But during all of this, he realizes he doesn't really know enough about taxonomy. So he starts studying that. And in the end, he spends eight years becoming the world's leading expert
Video examples
Borneo: Paradise Under...
wrong we're handling our planet in a way that is not wise my countryman carl linnaeus he'd the guy who invented the system of taxonomy said 250 years ago that
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Colin Camerer
American Economist
Game theory is a branch of, originally, applied mathematics, used mostly in economics and political science, a little bit in biology, that gives us a mathematical taxonomy of social life, and it predicts what people are likely to do and believe others will do in cases where everyone's actions affect everyone else.
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Thomas R. Insel
American Scientist
Unlike the heart or kidney, which have a small, defined set of cell types, we still do not have a taxonomy of neurons, and neuroscientists still argue whether specific types of neurons are unique to humans. But there is no disputing that neurons are only about 10 percent of the cells in the human brain.
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Steve Blank
American Businessman
With clear definitions and a taxonomy that illustrates their relationships, the Inventure Cycle defines the pathway from inspiration to implementation. This framework captures the skills, attitudes, and actions that are necessary to foster innovation and to bring breakthrough ideas to the world.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
Let's find a new way to think about the entire taxonomy of solar system objects, and not clutch to this concept of 'planet,' which, of course, only ever meant, 'Do you move against the background stars, regardless of what you're made of?
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
The need to create a new taxonomy that isn't just applying to our own solar system will become so evident and apparent that something will come out of it. I'm sure of it, even if it's not tomorrow.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Eventually you won't think of 'the Internet business.' You'll think of it more like news, weather, sports, but even that taxonomy isn't clear.
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Eula Biss
American Writer
There's a lot of essay writing that could pass for journalism and journalism that could pass for essay. Some of it is just taxonomy.
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John Lahr
American Critic
Death of a Salesman' is a brilliant taxonomy of the spiritual atrophy of mid-twentieth-century white America.
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Rick Moody
American Novelist
I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
Genome sequencing has changed taxonomy.
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Colin Camerer
American Economist
Game theory is a branch of, originally, applied mathematics, used mostly in economics and political science, a little bit in biology, that gives us a mathematical taxonomy of social life, and it predicts what people are likely to do and believe others will do in cases where everyone's actions affect everyone else.
Quote examples
Thomas R. Insel
American Scientist
Unlike the heart or kidney, which have a small, defined set of cell types, we still do not have a taxonomy of neurons, and neuroscientists still argue whether specific types of neurons are unique to humans. But there is no disputing that neurons are only about 10 percent of the cells in the human brain.
Quote examples
Steve Blank
American Businessman
With clear definitions and a taxonomy that illustrates their relationships, the Inventure Cycle defines the pathway from inspiration to implementation. This framework captures the skills, attitudes, and actions that are necessary to foster innovation and to bring breakthrough ideas to the world.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
Let's find a new way to think about the entire taxonomy of solar system objects, and not clutch to this concept of 'planet,' which, of course, only ever meant, 'Do you move against the background stars, regardless of what you're made of?
Quote examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
The need to create a new taxonomy that isn't just applying to our own solar system will become so evident and apparent that something will come out of it. I'm sure of it, even if it's not tomorrow.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Eventually you won't think of 'the Internet business.' You'll think of it more like news, weather, sports, but even that taxonomy isn't clear.
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Eula Biss
American Writer
There's a lot of essay writing that could pass for journalism and journalism that could pass for essay. Some of it is just taxonomy.
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John Lahr
American Critic
Death of a Salesman' is a brilliant taxonomy of the spiritual atrophy of mid-twentieth-century white America.
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Rick Moody
American Novelist
I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
Genome sequencing has changed taxonomy.
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