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  2. Taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization. Typically, there are two parts to it: the development of an underlying scheme of classes (a taxonomy) and the allocation of things to the classes (classification). Generalized scheme of taxonomy. Originally, taxonomy referred only to the classification ...

  3. Taxonomy (biology) - Wikipedia

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    e. In biology, taxonomy (from Ancient Greek τάξις (taxis) 'arrangement' and -νομία (-nomia) ' method ') is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are given a taxonomic ...

  4. Taxonomic rank - Wikipedia

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    Intermediate minor rankings are not shown. In biology, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy. A common system of biological classification (taxonomy) consists of species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, and domain. While older approaches to taxonomic ...

  5. Classification - Wikipedia

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    Classification is the activity of assigning objects to some pre-existing classes or categories. This is distinct from the task of establishing the classes themselves (for example through cluster analysis). [ 1 ] Examples include diagnostic tests, identifying spam emails and deciding whether to give someone a driving license.

  6. Class (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Class (biology) The hierarchy of biological classification 's eight major taxonomic ranks. A phylum contains one or more classes. Intermediate minor rankings are not shown. In biological classification, class (Latin: classis) is a taxonomic rank, as well as a taxonomic unit, a taxon, in that rank. It is a group of related taxonomic orders.

  7. Plant taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Plant taxonomy. Plant taxonomy is the science that finds, identifies, describes, classifies, and names plants. It is one of the main branches of taxonomy (the science that finds, describes, classifies, and names living things). Plant taxonomy is closely allied to plant systematics, and there is no sharp boundary between the two.

  8. Domain (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Intermediate minor rankings are not shown. In biological taxonomy, a domain (/ dəˈmeɪn / or / doʊˈmeɪn /) (Latin: regio[1]), also dominion, [2] superkingdom, realm, or empire, is the highest taxonomic rank of all organisms taken together. It was introduced in the three-domain system of taxonomy devised by Carl Woese, Otto Kandler and Mark ...

  9. Contractual term - Wikipedia

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    A contractual term is "any provision forming part of a contract ". [1] Each term gives rise to a contractual obligation, the breach of which may give rise to litigation. Not all terms are stated expressly and some terms carry less legal gravity as they are peripheral to the objectives of the contract. The terms of a contract are the essence of ...