Systematics

Synonyms for "systematics" (70 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Noun(3 words)
animal classificationclassificationclassification process
Adjective(1 words)
biological classification

Strong matches (21)

Adjective(1 words)
living organism classification
Noun(2 words)
living organism classificationsmammal classification

Related words (35)

Noun(7 words)
metazoan classificationmethodorderlinesstaxonomiestaxonomytaxonomy of animalsviolaceae
Adjective(1 words)
systematic approach

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  • Closest matches in this entry: animal classification, antonomasia, apologetics, binomial nomenclature, biological classification.
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When not to replace "systematics"

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Replacement workflow

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Final fit check

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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

4 entries
biologyorganizationsciencescientific discipline

More specific

5 entries

Collocations

5 entries
biological systematicshistory of systematicsmolecular systematicsstudy of systematicssystematics course

Derivations

6 entries

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Systematics is intended to be the study of "qualitative" and structural aspects of all things in the universe; and if feasible, is designed to absorb eventually the "quantitative approach" of mathematics toward human and physical worlds as well. It is hoped that systematics will be able to develop a quantitative field and thus to enable it to incorporate mathematics into its realm of studies some time in the future.

Source: wiktionary

Trees are the central objects of systematic analysis. Taxa are ordered, characters explained, and hypotheses tested on trees. Since systematics informs and draws on other areas of science, there is a diversity of terminology for trees and their components.

Source: wiktionary

Systematics is an effort to understand those specifically theological affirmations that the theologian holds to be true and so regards as doctrines.

Source: wiktionary

The seventh functional specialty, systematics, is concerned with promoting an understanding of the realitites affirmed in the previous specialty, doctrines.

Source: wiktionary

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Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "systematics"?

Closest matches include animal classification, antonomasia, apologetics, binomial nomenclature, biological classification.

How should I check whether a synonym fits "systematics"?

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