Taxonomy vs Galena - What's the difference?
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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.
(mineral) A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead.
* 1939 November, Raymond B. Wailes, Chemical Engineering for Home Experimenters'', '' ,
* 1942 , G. F. Loughlin, A. H. Koschmann, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Magdalena Mining District, New Mexico , Geological Survey Professional Paper, Issue 200,
* 1953 , National Research Council (U.S.), Report of the Committee on the Measurement of Geologic Time ,
* 2008 , Sanghamitra Ghosh, Heavy Stable Isotope Investigations in Environmental Science and Archaeology ,
(medicine, obsolete) A remedy or antidose for poison; theriac.
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
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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 * ontologygalena
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(wikipedia galena)Noun
(en-noun)page 207,
- You can easily extract lead from galena , a natural mineral which has been used in crystal radio receivers.
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- The galena of the ore contains microscopic inclusions of various forms that become visible upon polished surfaces etched with hydrochloric or nitric acid.
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- These samples had higher Pb206 and Pb208 abundances than any other galenas yet examined.
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- 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).
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