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Taxonomy vs Phosphorescent - What's the difference?

taxonomy | phosphorescent |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and phosphorescent

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while phosphorescent is a phosphorescent substance.

As an adjective phosphorescent is

having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, eg, in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.

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

    phosphorescent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.
  • * 1961 , William S. Burroughs, The Soft Machine , page 11
  • So he imports this special breed of scorpions and feeds them on metal meal and the scorpions turned a phosphorescent blue color and sort of hummed.

    Derived terms

    *phosphorescence *phosphorescently

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A phosphorescent substance.
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