taxonomy

The classification and naming of organisms in an ordered system that is intended to indicate natural relationships, especially evolutionary relationships.

The science, laws, or principles of classification.

An ordered arrangement of groups or categories.

The laws and principles of taxology, or their application to the classifying of objects of natural history; that department of science which treats of classification; the practice of classifying according to certain principles.

That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants, primarily by consideration of their natural relationships with respect to their structure or genetic origin; the laws or principles of classification; systematics.

A systematic arrangement of objects or concepts showing the relations between them, especially one including a hierarchical arrangement of types in which categories of objects are classified as subtypes of more abstract categories, starting from one or a small number of top categories, and descending to more specific types through an arbitrary number of levels. An ontology usually contains a taxonomy as one of the important principles of organization.

The science or the technique used to make a classification.

A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.

The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

(biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification