taxis

== English == === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: tăkʹsĭs, IPA(key): /ˈtæksɪs/ ==== Noun ==== taxis (countable and uncountable, plural taxes) (biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus. (medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture. Synonym: reduction (rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic. arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar (historical) A brigade in an Ancient Greek army. ===== Usage notes ===== Distinguished from tropism in that in a tropism, the organism is not motile, and simply turns or grows towards or away from stimulus (e.g., plants, fungi), while in a taxis, the organism has motility and moves towards or away from stimulus (e.g., bacteria, animals). Distinguished from a kinesis in that a kinesis is non-directional movement, while a taxis is directional. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== kinesis tropism === Etymology 2 === See taxi. ==== Alternative forms ==== taxies ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: tăkʹsēz, IPA(key): /ˈtæksiz/ Rhymes: -æksiz ==== Noun ==== taxis plural of taxi ==== Verb ==== taxis third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi == Asturian == === Noun === taxis plural of taxi == Catalan == === Noun === taxis plural of taxi == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === taxis m plural of taxi == Hungarian == === Etymology 1 === taxi +‎ -s ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈtɒksiʃ] Hyphenation: ta‧xis Rhymes: -iʃ ==== Noun ==== taxis (plural taxisok) taxi driver, cab driver ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin taxis, from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈtɒksiʃ] (directional movement of an organism) (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) IPA(key): [ˈtɒksis] (manipulation of a body part) (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) Hyphenation: ta‧xis Rhymes: -iʃ, -is (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) ==== Noun ==== taxis (biology) taxis (the directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus) (medicine) taxis (the manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture) ===== Declension ===== === References === == Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== taxīs dative/ablative plural of taxus === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== tāxis (Old Latin) second-person singular sigmatic future active indicative of tangō ===== Usage notes ===== See explanation at tangō. ==== Verb ==== tāxīs (Old Latin) second-person singular sigmatic aorist active subjunctive of tangō ===== Usage notes ===== See explanation at tangō. === References === "taxis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “taxis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “taxis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Portuguese == === Noun === taxis plural of taxi == Spanish == === Noun === taxis plural of taxi == Swedish == === Noun === taxis indefinite genitive singular of taxi