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As a noun taxonomy

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

As an adjective titanian is

(mineralogy) describing minerals containing tetravalent titanium.

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

    titanian

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Titanean (senses 1, 2) * Titanic (sense 1)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) Of the Titans
  • *1674 , Milton, Paradise Lost
  • *:As whom the fables name of monstrous size, / Titanian or earth-born, that warred on Jove,
  • (label) Of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
  • *1974 , McDonough & Brice, "The Saturnian 'Gas-Doughnut' Hypothesis", in A. Woszczyk, ed., Exploration of the Planetary System , p 484
  • *:if Trafton's (1972) detection of Titanian H2 is correct, ...
  • * 2006 , Kevin W. Plaxco, Michael Gross, Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction , Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 238,
  • *:The Titanian atmosphere consists predominantly of nitrogen gas, with only a few percent methane, the simplest organic molecule.
  • Of the faerie queen Titania
  • *2002 , Lewis, Anthony Burgess: A Biography , p. 387
  • *:the yin and the yang, or the Oberonic and the Titanian
  • (label) Of Titania, the largest moon of Uranus.
  • *1985 , Piers Anthony, Bio of a Space Tyrant, vol. 3: Politician
  • *:an isolated colony of Uranus' moon Titania, one of the diminishing vestiges of the Titanian Empire

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) An inhabitant of Titan (the Saturnian moon) or of Titania