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Taxonomy vs Contractional - What's the difference?

taxonomy | contractional |

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As an adjective contractional is

of or related to contraction.

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

    contractional

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of or related to contraction
  • *{{quote-journal, 2000, date=September 15, Cin-Ty Lee et al., Osmium Isotopic Evidence for Mesozoic Removal of Lithospheric Mantle Beneath the Sierra Nevada, California, Science citation
    • , passage=Removal of SCLM can be accomplished by thermal erosion associated with a rising plume head, by extensional thinning of the lithosphere (and associated mantle upwelling), or by processes related to contractional tectonics [e.g., foundering of lithosphere during thickening, peeling of lithosphere, shearing away of lithosphere during shallow subduction, or erosion of lithosphere induced by flow in the mantle wedge above a subducting slab (1-5 , 7 )]. }}
  • *{{quote-journal, 1997, date=October 24, Philip England & Peter Molnar, Active Deformation of Asia: From Kinematics to Dynamics, Science citation
    • , passage=Bars show principal horizontal stresses; black bars correspond to contractional stress and white bars to extensional stress. }}