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5-letter words (1 found)

TAXIS,

4-letter words (6 found)

AITS,AXIS,ITAS,SATI,TAIS,TAXI,

3-letter words (16 found)

AIS,AIT,ATS,ITA,ITS,SAI,SAT,SAX,SIT,SIX,TAI,TAS,TAX,TIS,TIX,XIS,

2-letter words (11 found)

AI,AS,AT,AX,IS,IT,SI,ST,TA,TI,XI,

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All 5 letters words made out of taxis

taxis atxis txais xtais axtis xatis taixs atixs tiaxs itaxs aitxs iatxs txias xtias tixas itxas xitas ixtas axits xaits aixts iaxts xiats ixats taxsi atxsi txasi xtasi axtsi xatsi tasxi atsxi tsaxi staxi astxi satxi txsai xtsai tsxai stxai xstai sxtai axsti xasti asxti saxti xsati sxati taisx atisx tiasx itasx aitsx iatsx tasix atsix tsaix staix astix satix tisax itsax tsiax stiax istax sitax aistx iastx asitx saitx isatx siatx txisa xtisa tixsa itxsa xitsa ixtsa txsia xtsia tsxia stxia xstia sxtia tisxa itsxa tsixa stixa istxa sitxa xista ixsta xsita sxita isxta sixta axist xaist aixst iaxst xiast ixast axsit xasit asxit saxit xsait sxait aisxt iasxt asixt saixt isaxt siaxt xisat ixsat xsiat sxiat isxat sixat

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Definitions and meaning of taxis

taxis

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tăkʹsĭs, IPA(key): /ˈtæksɪs/

Noun

taxis (countable and uncountable, plural taxes)

  1. (biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
  2. (medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
    Synonym: reduction
  3. (rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
  4. arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
  5. (historical) A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.
Usage notes

Distinguished from tropism in that in a tropism, the organism is not motile, and simply turns or grows towards or away from stimulus (e.g., plants, fungi), while in a taxis, the organism has motility and moves towards or away from stimulus (e.g., bacteria, animals). Distinguished from a kinesis in that a kinesis is non-directional movement, while a taxis is directional.

Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • kinesis
  • tropism

Etymology 2

See taxi.

Alternative forms

  • taxies

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tăkʹsēz, IPA(key): /ˈtæksiz/

Noun

taxis

  1. plural of taxi

Verb

taxis

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi

Asturian

Noun

taxis

  1. plural of taxi

Catalan

Noun

taxis

  1. plural of taxi

French

Pronunciation

Noun

taxis m

  1. plural of taxi

Hungarian

Etymology 1

taxi +‎ -s

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒksiʃ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧xis
  • Rhymes: -iʃ

Noun

taxis (plural taxisok)

  1. taxi driver, cab driver
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin taxis, from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒksis]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧xis
  • Rhymes: -is

Noun

taxis

  1. (biology) taxis (the directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus)
  2. (medicine) taxis (the manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture)
Declension

References

Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

taxīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of taxus

Etymology 2

Verb

tāxis

  1. (Old Latin) second-person singular sigmatic future active indicative of tangō
Usage notes

See explanation at tangō.

Verb

tāxīs

  1. (Old Latin) second-person singular sigmatic aorist active subjunctive of tangō
Usage notes

See explanation at tangō.

References

  • taxis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “taxis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “taxis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Noun

taxis

  1. plural of taxi

Swedish

Noun

taxis

  1. indefinite genitive singular of taxi

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