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taxonomical

taxonomical

1 8.2
About how people group plants, animals, or other things
  • adjective
  • /ˌtæk.səˈnɑː.mɪ.kəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : taxonómico
  • But placing the Walter Reed investigation inside the same journalistic genus as the Mirage series constitutes a grievous taxonomical error.

But in in taxonomical terms, were Jews Europeans?

Examples

  • Define the geographical scale and taxonomical scope.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Both approaches have categories; taxonomical categories are arranged as a supertype-subtype model, but all the categories have the same importance in ontology.

    Blog text (2)
  • But in in taxonomical terms, were Jews Europeans?

  • Scope and sequence charts for many years have provided taxonomical listings of specific, isolated, and often abstract skills.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Beyond transparency and taxonomical accuracy, what consequences should or would flow from conceptualizing local governments and their agents' shields from suit as local sovereign immunity?

    Academic text (2016)
  • Since the environment is changing every moment, species should adapt accordingly, and this phenomenon is taking place rapidly among insects; taxonomical aspects are very important to be updated for such groups of organisms, as the descriptions for a particular species have been changed in a minor interval.

    Blog text (2)
  • At least they're in the same taxonomical phylum (eudicots, not technically a phylum, but whatever).

    Blog text (7)
  • This article reviews the best theoretical contributions in the field of metafiction and develops a useful taxonomical framework to examine metafictional devices in a very American manifestation of the genre: the newspaper comic strip.

    Academic text (2014)
  • This type of metafiction could be termed narrative metacomics for our taxonomical purposes and has become fairly common in graphic novels (frequently autobiographical), which tell the story of comic artists and their creations.

    Academic text (2014)
  • In biology, understanding taxonomical relationships helps scientists classify different species accurately.

Synonyms

systematic
vstaxonomical
  • Specialized
11 6.5

Relating to the naming and grouping of living things

applies to classification principles across fields, not only biology
taxonomic
vstaxonomical
  • Specialized
6 7.5

Relating to the way scientists group and name living things

focuses on classification principles and theoretical organization
classificatory
vstaxonomical
1 8.1

Describing a way to put things into groups by what they have in common

emphasizes the guiding principles behind how items are grouped
typological
vstaxonomical
  • Specialized
1 8.0

Relating to grouping things into types by shared features

is broader, covering general classification beyond just types or patterns
sortal
vstaxonomical
  • Specialized
1 9.9

About dividing things into kinds to tell them apart

is about classification theory rather than using categories for identification
classificational
vstaxonomical
7.4

To put things into groups by type

highlights the underlying classification theory rather than the mere act
categorial
vstaxonomical
  • Specialized
9.6

Relating to groups used to sort ideas, objects, or words

is focused on practical classification systems, not abstract category theory

Surface Forms

taxonomical positive

Morphology

taxonomical = taxonomic (transparent) = taxonomy + ic + al

The adjective 'taxonomical' is a regular adjectival formation from 'taxonomic' (+ -al), which in turn derives from 'taxonomy' (+ -ic); this is a standard, transparent derivation.

Etymology

Taxonomical comes from Greek roots taxis ('arrangement') and nomos ('rule'). It is about putting plants, animals, or ideas into an ordered system, so a taxonomical approach is one that sorts things into clear groups.