taxis
English
Etymology 1
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangment, order”)
Pronunciation
Noun
taxis (plural taxes)
- (biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
- (medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after injury.
- (rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
- arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
- (historical) A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.
Usage notes
Distinguished from tropism in that in a tropism, the organism is not motile, and simply turns or grows towards or away from stimulus (e.g., plants, fungi), while in a taxis, the organism has motility and moves towards or away from stimulus (e.g., bacteria, animals). Distinguished from a kinesis in that a kinesis is non-directional movement, while a taxis is directional.
Translations
biology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus
medicine, surgery: movement of a body part; resetting
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See also
Etymology 2
See taxi.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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Verb
taxis
Catalan
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taxis
French
Noun
taxis m
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) taxīs
References
- taxis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “taxis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “taxis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Spanish
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taxis
Swedish
Noun
taxis
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