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taxis.

The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtæksɪs/
  1. The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The arrangement of the parts of a topic.

    countable · rhetoric · uncountable
  4. arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar

    countable · uncountable
  5. A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.

    countable · historical · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈtæksiz/
  1. plural of taxi

    form-of · plural
Where this word comes from

See taxi.

verb/ˈtæksiz/
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
Where this word comes from

See taxi.

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