taxis
Meaning
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- The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
- The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
- The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
- arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
- A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtæksɪs/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).
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taxi
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- A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.
- The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.
- A share taxi.
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