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Taxonomy vs Isomorphism - What's the difference?

taxonomy | isomorphism |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and isomorphism

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while isomorphism is similarity of form.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See 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 * ontology

    isomorphism

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Similarity of form
  • * 1984 Brigitte Asbach-Schnitker, "Introduction", Mercury or The Secret and Swift Messenger , ISBN 9027232768.
    • The postulated isomorphism between words and things constitutes the characterizing feature of all philosophically based universal languages.
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  • (biology) the similarity in form of organisms of different ancestry
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  • (chemistry) the similarity in the crystal structures of similar chemical compounds
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  • * 1874 C. Rammelsberg, "Crystallographic and chemical relations of the natural sulphides, arsenides, and sulpharsenides", The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science , page 197.
    • :
    The isomorphism' of compounds does not prove the ' isomorphism of their respective constituents.
    :
  • (sociology) the similarity in the structure or processes of different organizations
    • :  2.  A one-to-one correspondence :
  • (group algebra) A bijection f'' such that both ''f'' and its inverse ''f  −1 are homomorphisms, that is, structure-preserving mappings.
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  • (computer science) a one-to-one correspondence between all the elements of two sets, e.g. the instances of two classes, or the records in two datasets
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  • (category theory) A morphism which has an inverse; the composition of the morphism and its inverse yields either one of two identity morphisms (depending on the order of composition).

    • Abbreviations

    * (in category theory) iso

    Related terms

    * isomorphic * isomorphous

    See also

    * ("isomorphism" on Wikipedia)