taxonomy

分類、分類体系

物事を共通する特徴に基づいてグループに分けること。

やさしい英語で： The process of sorting things into groups based on shared features.

• We need a taxonomy of customer complaints.
• The library’s taxonomy helps readers find related books.
• Different taxonomies organize the same information in different ways.

使い方： a taxonomy of something (The study proposes a taxonomy of learning activities.)

類義語： classification, categorization

よく使う表現： taxonomy of something, content taxonomy, develop a taxonomy, methods of taxonomy

生物分類体系、分類体系

生物を共通する特徴に基づいてグループに分ける仕組み。

やさしい英語で： A system that places living things in groups according to their shared features.

• This chart shows the taxonomy of birds.
• New evidence changed the taxonomy of these plants.
• Students compared two taxonomies of the same animal group.

類義語： classification

よく使う表現： plant taxonomy, animal taxonomy, taxonomy of organisms

分類学

生物を見分け、名前を付け、分類することを研究する学問。

やさしい英語で： The scientific study of identifying, naming, and grouping living things.

• She studies taxonomy at university.
• Taxonomy gives newly discovered species scientific names.
• Genetic research has changed how scientists approach taxonomy.

類義語： systematics

よく使う表現： study taxonomy, biological taxonomy, taxonomy research