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Taxis vs Tasis - What's the difference?

taxis | tasis |

As nouns the difference between taxis and tasis

is that taxis is while tasis is (prosody) extending the sound of an utterance for the pleasure of saying or hearing it.

taxis

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(wikipedia taxis) (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.

    • Usage notes

    Distinguished from (m) in that in a tropism, the organism is not (l), and simply turns or grows towards or away from stimulus (e.g., plants, fungi), while in a taxis,' the organism has (l) and moves towards or away from stimulus (e.g., bacteria, animals). Distinguished from a (m) in that a kinesis is ''non-directional'' movement, while a ' taxis is directional.

    See also

    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    See taxi

    Alternative forms

    * taxies

    Noun

    (head)
    • English heteronyms ----

    tasis

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (prosody) Extending the sound of an utterance for the pleasure of saying or hearing it.
  • (usually, in combination, medicine) A stretching.

    • Derived terms

    * iridotasis * myotasis