4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: -taxis \-tax"is\, n. combining form for {taxis[3]}. [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Taxis \Tax"is\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ta`xis a division or arrangement, fr. ta`ssein to arrange.] 1. (Surg.) Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster] 2. In technical uses, as in architecture, biology, grammar, etc., arrangement; order; ordonnance. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. 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. [PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: taxis n 1: a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism 2: the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: Taxis ["A Language Facility for Designing Database-Intensive Applications", J. Mylopoulos et al, ACM Trans Database Sys 5(2):185-207 (June 1980)].
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