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As a noun taxonomy

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

As a proper noun galena is

a place name for a number of united states towns and cities.

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

    galena

    English

    (wikipedia galena)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (mineral) A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead.
  • * 1939 November, Raymond B. Wailes, Chemical Engineering for Home Experimenters'', '' , page 207,
  • You can easily extract lead from galena , a natural mineral which has been used in crystal radio receivers.
  • * 1942 , G. F. Loughlin, A. H. Koschmann, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Magdalena Mining District, New Mexico , Geological Survey Professional Paper, Issue 200, page 98,
  • The galena of the ore contains microscopic inclusions of various forms that become visible upon polished surfaces etched with hydrochloric or nitric acid.
  • * 1953 , National Research Council (U.S.), Report of the Committee on the Measurement of Geologic Time , page 132,
  • These samples had higher Pb206 and Pb208 abundances than any other galenas yet examined.
  • * 2008 , Sanghamitra Ghosh, Heavy Stable Isotope Investigations in Environmental Science and Archaeology , page 77,
  • Very little galena' has been reported (recovered mostly from burial mounds) in the Great Lakes region indicating that the mineral was not a major interregional exchange commodity during this period. However, numerous '''galenas''' have been recovered from the lower Mississippi Valley region and Florida indicating that ' galena was part of an important north-south exchange system (Walthall 1981).
  • (medicine, obsolete) A remedy or antidose for poison; theriac.
  • (Parr)

    Synonyms

    * galenite * lead glance

    Anagrams

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