What does Taxis mean?

Definitions for Taxis
ˈtæk sɪs; ˈtæk siztaxis

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. taxisnoun

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

  2. taxisnoun

    the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part

Wikipedia

  1. Taxis

    A taxis (from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis) 'arrangement, order'; pl. taxes ) is the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus such as light or the presence of food. Taxes are innate behavioural responses. A taxis differs from a tropism (turning response, often growth towards or away from a stimulus) in that in the case of taxis, the organism has motility and demonstrates guided movement towards or away from the stimulus source. It is sometimes distinguished from a kinesis, a non-directional change in activity in response to a stimulus.

ChatGPT

  1. taxis

    Taxis is a biological term referring to the movement or orientation of an organism or cell in response to an external stimulus, such as light, heat, or chemical substances. The movement is typically either toward (positive taxis) or away from (negative taxis) the source of the stimulus. Examples of taxis include phototaxis (response to light), chemotaxis (response to chemicals), and thermotaxis (response to temperature).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Taxisnoun

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

Wikidata

  1. Taxis

    A taxis, from Ancient Greek τάξις meaning "arrangement," is an innate behavioral response by an organism to a directional stimulus or gradient of stimulus intensity. A taxis differs from a tropism in that the organism has motility and demonstrates guided movement towards or away from the stimulus source. It is sometimes distinguished from a kinesis, a non-directional change in activity in response to a stimulus.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Taxis

    tak′sis, n. (surg.) the art of putting parts in their natural place by means of pressure: orderly arrangement, classification: a brigade in an ancient Greek army.—ns. Taxol′ogy, the science of classification; Taxon′omer, a taxonomist.—adjs. Taxonom′ic, -al.—adv. Taxonom′ically.—ns. Taxon′omist, one versed in taxonomy; Taxon′omy, the laws and principles of taxology or orderly classification, also their application to natural history. [Gr.,—tassein, to arrange.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. TAXIS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Taxis is ranked #127494 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Taxis surname appeared 134 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Taxis.

    94% or 126 total occurrences were White.
    3.7% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Taxis in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Taxis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Taxis in a Sentence

  1. Cabbie Petros Lemonidis:

    This app is something that we have been waiting for, i believe it will bring passengers back to yellow taxis.

  2. The CDC:

    People who are mildly ill with COVID-19 are able to isolate at home during their illness, you should restrict activities outside your home, except for getting medical care. Do not go to work, school, or public areas. Avoid using public transportation, ride-sharing, or taxis.

  3. Kevin Carroll:

    You may not know it, but tourists spend more money outside of the hotel than inside the hotel, everything from restaurants to shopping to taking taxis.

  4. Aghmi Bubaker:

    If tourists don't come back, it's over, it's not just me, it's two million Tunisians who live off this business, hotels, taxis, stores, restaurants.

  5. Mat Ali:

    Right now there are legal taxis and illegal taxis, we are not allergic to competition with Uber and Grab ... but we just want them to meet the government's requirements.

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