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noun
The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: reduction
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
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noun
arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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noun
plural of taxi
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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noun
the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
noun
a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: reaction, response
Narrower terms: chemotaxis
History
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).
See taxi.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
