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Taxies vs. Taxis — What's the Difference?

Taxies vs. Taxis — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Taxies and Taxis

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Taxies

A taxicab.

Taxis

A taxis (plural taxes , from Ancient Greek τάξις (taxis) 'arrangement') is the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus such as light or the presence of food. Taxes are innate behavioural responses.

Taxies

To be transported by taxi.

Taxis

(Biology) The responsive movement of a free-moving organism or cell toward or away from an external stimulus, such as light.

Taxies

To move slowly on the ground or on the surface of the water before takeoff or after landing
An airplane taxiing down the runway.
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Taxis

(Medicine) The moving of a body part by manipulation into normal position, as after a dislocation, fracture, or hernia.

Taxies

To transport by or as if by taxi
Taxied the children to dance class.
Taxi documents to a law office.

Taxis

(biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.

Taxies

To cause (an aircraft) to taxi.

Taxis

(medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.

Taxies

Plural of taxi(irregular)

Taxis

(rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.

Taxis

Arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar

Taxis

(historical) A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.

Taxis

Plural of taxi

Taxis

Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.

Taxis

In technical uses, as in architecture, biology, grammar, etc., arrangement; order; ordonnance.

Taxis

A reflexive movement by a motile organism by which it moves or orients itself in relation to some source of stimulation; as, chemotaxis, the motion toward or away from gradients of certain chemical compounds.

Taxis

A locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism

Taxis

The surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part

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