German

Noun

Taxis

1. genitive singular of Taxi
2. plural of Taxi

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: tăkʹsĭs, IPA^(key): /ˈtæksɪs/

Noun

taxis ‎(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 injury.
3. (rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
4. arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar

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.

Translations

See also

• kinesis
• tropism

Etymology 2

See taxi

Alternative forms

• taxies

Pronunciation

• enPR: tăkʹsēz, IPA^(key): /ˈtæksiz/

Noun

taxis

1. plural of taxi

French

Noun

taxis m

1. plural of taxi

Latin

Noun

taxīs

1. dative plural of taxus
2. ablative plural of taxus

References

• TAXIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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