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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

분류학

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bunryuhak

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Taxonomy/tækˈsɒn.ə.mi/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"생물 분류학은 모든 생명체를 체계적으로 정리합니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics.

    "The taxonomy of beetles is complex and constantly evolving."
  2. 2

    A scheme of classification.

    "The library uses a detailed taxonomy to organize its digital assets."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek words 'taxis' meaning arrangement or division, and 'nomos' meaning law or method. Coined in the 19th century by French botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, the term originally referred to the classification of plants before expanding to encompass the general science of classification across all biological and informational domains.

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