taxonomy

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French taxonomie. By surface analysis, taxo- + -nomy.

1. The science, technique, or process used to make a classification.

   “Holonym: ontology (relational rather than solely hierarchical)”

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

   “At the petabyte scale, information is not a matter of simple three- and four-dimensional taxonomy and order but of dimensionally agnostic statistics.”

   “Very little exists in the annals of the interwebs about Tostitos Hint of Lime. Many nights I’ve sucked down crusty mossed fingertips and typed away in a green-out (like a blackout, but from eating too much Tostitos Hint of Lime), searching for a like-minded fanclub, historical taxonomy, or even a press release.”

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