Taxonomy vs Preshift - What's the difference?
taxonomy | preshift |
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.
Before a shift (in various senses).
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 7, author=Dan Barry, title=Politicians, and a Town in Flux, Come Calling, work=New York Times
, passage=The factory workers in Plant 2 would stop at Uncle Nancy’s for preshift pick-me-ups, and the executives at Maytag headquarters down the street would come for lunch. }}
To shift in advance.
As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As an adjective preshift is
before a shift (in various senses).As a verb preshift is
to shift in advance.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 * ontologypreshift
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(en verb)- We preshifted the game sprites to avoid having to redraw them at different positions during gameplay.