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taxonomy | impactive |

As a noun taxonomy

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

As an adjective impactive is

of, pertaining to, possessing, or caused by impact.

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

    impactive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, possessing, or caused by impact.
  • * 1880 , W. S. Barnard, "Protoplasmic Dynamics," The American Naturalist , vol. 14, no. 4, p. 237:
    • It is necessary to distinguish all forces sharply into two groups: 1, the attractional'' (gravity, adhesion, cohesion, chemism), and 2, the ''impactive or momentum forces of masses, molecules and atoms.
  • * 1970 , Kent Kirby, "Art, Technology and the Liberal Arts College," Art Journal , vol. 29, no. 3, p. 330:
    • Along with this revolution has come another, quieter and more subtle, but perhaps more impactive and ultimately more dynamic in its potential for change.
  • * 2001 , Elissa Gootman, " An Intricate Bond; New Haven's past and future are so tied to Yale, but it took 300 years for the two to get along," New York Times , 18 Feb.:
    • And in what may prove to be the most impactive development, the university is nurturing the nexus of science and business to create a biotechnology sector that has already brought millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs into town.

    References

    *" impactive" at OneLook® Dictionary Search . * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.