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• Vernacular
  ...tive speech as distinguished from the [[Latin]] nomenclature of scientific classification <the vernacular name>
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• Taxonomy
  '''Taxonomy''' is the [[practice]] and [[science]] of classification. The [[word]] finds its roots in the [[Greek]] τάξις, taxis (meaning ' ...lso used as a count noun: a taxonomy, or taxonomic scheme, is a particular classification ("the taxonomy of ..."), arranged in a [[hierarchical]] [[structure]]. Typi
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• Zoology
  ==Systems of classification == ...es Darwin]], natural history turned from a gentlemanly pursuit to a modern scientific activity. Zoology as we know it was first established in German and British
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• Cro-Magnon
  ...the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_hominoid_taxonomy taxonomic classification]. ...the commensurate [[fossil]] remains in Europe and adjacent areas. Current scientific literature prefers the term "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_modern_hu
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• Semantics
  :a : the [[historical]] and [[psychological]] [[study]] and the classification of [[changes]] in the signification of [[words]] or [[forms]] viewed as fac ...://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_scientific_vocabulary international scientific vocabulary] semantics is also called semasiology.
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• Theory
  ...m "theory" in academic [[literature]] or discourse is a [[reference]] to a scientific or empirically-based theory. Even so, since the use of the term theory in scientific or empirical [[inquiry]] is the more common one, it will be discussed first
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• Engineering
  ...iscipline]], art, [[skill]] and [[profession]] of acquiring and applying [[scientific]], [[mathematical]], [[economic]], [[social]], and [[practical]] [[knowledg <blockquote>the creative application of scientific principles to design or develop structures, machines, apparatus, or manufac
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• Natural Sciences
  ...c method]] to study [[nature]] from the [[social sciences]], which use the scientific method to study human behavior and society, and from the [[formal science]] ...ds of biology. By contrast, [[soft science]] is often used to describe the scientific fields that are more reliant on qualitiative research, including the social
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• Artificial
  ...ancient [[Greek]] ), in post-classical Latin also prescribed by [[art]], [[scientific]] (4th or 5th cent.; 14th cent. in a British source), produced by human ski ::5. Chiefly Biol. and Taxon. Designating a classification scheme based on characteristics selected primarily for pragmatic reasons, t
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• 2010-12-20-The Creation of Your Own Reality
  ...uped into two categories: developed and under-developed. Particularly this classification should pertain to the maturity level of their political systems. Some count ...rd and promote progress of civilization. It is in these countries that the scientific, technological, social and ideological advances are more needed in order to
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• Breakdown
  :e : [[division]] into categories : [[classification]]; also : an account [[analyzed]] into categories ...ia.org/wiki/DSM-IV DSM-IV] or ICD-10, and are nearly absent from current [[scientific]] literature regarding mental illness. Although "nervous breakdown" does no
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• Sun
  ...tering]. Its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification stellar classification], based on spectral class, is G2V, and is informally designated a yellow st ...e Sun has been regarded by some [[cultures]] as a [[deity]]. An accurate [[scientific]] [[understanding]] of the Sun [[developed]] slowly, and as recently as the
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• Occident
  ...ch nation as it exists today should determine if they are a part of this [[classification]] instead of this being judged by outside [[individuals]]. Each nation has ...org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Romans] and the Islamic world due to the Commercial, Scientific, and Industrial Revolutions, and the expansion of the Christian peoples of
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• Computer Science
  * [[Scientific computing]] enabled advanced study of the mind and mapping the human genome ...a and data treatment, while not necessarily involving computers. The first scientific institution applying the datalogy term was DIKU, the Department of Datalogy
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• Biology
  ...about life"), also referred to as the '''biological sciences''', is the [[scientific study]] of [[life]]. Biology examines the structure, function, growth, orig ...otany is the scientific study of [[plant]]s. Botany covers a wide range of scientific disciplines that study the [[Individual growth|growth]], [[reproduction]],
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• The Sciences
  ...to differentiate it from [[applied science]], which is the application of scientific research to specific human needs. ..."science" is generally limited to [[empirical]] study involving use of the scientific method.<ref>See, e.g. [https://www.thefreedictionary.com/science]. The firs
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• Library Science
  ...ganized to serve the needs of select user groups, how people interact with classification systems and technology, how information is acquired, evaluated and applied ...Collection management, Information Systems and Technology, Cataloging and classification, Preservation, Reference, Statistics and Management. Library science is con
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• Science
  ...to differentiate it from [[applied science]], which is the application of scientific research to specific human needs. ..."science" is generally limited to [[empirical]] study involving use of the scientific method. See, e.g. [https://www.thefreedictionary.com/science]. The first us
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• Society
  ...d group of people associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes. ...ion of [[social inequality]] and the role of the [[state]]. This system of classification contains four categories:
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• Words
  ...ɛ.ta.le/. Since the majority of the world's languages are not written, the scientific determination of word boundaries becomes important. The classification into such classes is in the tradition of [[Dionysius Thrax]], who distingui
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