Taxonomy vs Auton - What's the difference?
taxonomy | auton |
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
(science fiction) A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and auton
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while auton is (science fiction) a machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.taxonomy
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(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee also
* classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontologyauton
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(en noun)- Not far away in the woods the Auton had been standing motionless under a tree. It was shaped like a man but it was not human.
- "The Metrologan Order built the auton that was Ninth. How can you be so sure that she was not so well crafted that she really did have her own will?"
- Juan made seven attempts to pervert the auton'. One involved twelve hundred years of careful observation, timing the failure of various subsystems, maneuvering the ' auton into a position where he might take control and get transportation to resources in near space.