Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taxonavigation

/ˌtæk.soʊˌnæ.vɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tax-on-av-i-ga-tion
IPA: /ˌtæk.soʊˌnæ.vɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The navigation of a directory of species or other taxonomic entities.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Taxonavigation in design and architecture, much like the contemporary preoccupation with tagging, labeling, blogging, and wikiing has become integral to praxis and pedagogy."
"A good example for a taxonomy is the Wikispecies project, which aims at creating a directory of species. In the “Taxonavigation” the path in the taxonomy leading to the species is depicted."
"Taxonavigation of microalgae Chlorella vulgaris belongs to Chlorophyta (green algae) […] they were subjected to classification by dividing under main taxonomic groups based on their pigmentation."
"The taxonavigation section begins with names that link to taxa located immediately up and down in the hierarchy (families, subfamilies, tribes, genera, subgenera, species and subspecies) and helps users to move up and down in the hierarchy."

Etymology

From taxo- + navigation. Coined on Wikispecies, which was launched in 2004.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: taxo-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌtæk.soʊˌnæ.vɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/

Usage

Uncountable

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce taxonavigation?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtæk.soʊˌnæ.vɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/.
What does taxonavigation mean?: The navigation of a directory of species or other taxonomic entities.
Where does taxonavigation come from?: From taxo- + navigation. Coined on Wikispecies, which was launched in 2004.

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