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Taxis

//ˈtæksɪs// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    plural of taxi form-of, plural
  3. 3
    the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part wordnet
  4. 4
    The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism wordnet
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  1. 6
    The arrangement of the parts of a topic. countable, rhetoric, uncountable
  2. 7
    arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A brigade in an Ancient Greek army. countable, historical, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).

Etymology 2

See taxi.

Etymology 3

See taxi.

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