taxis
pronunciation
How to pronounce taxis in British English:
UK ['tæksɪs]
How to pronounce taxis in American English:
US ['tæksɪs]
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- Noun:
- a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism
- the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part
Word Origin
- taxis (n.)
- "operation whereby displaced parts are put back in their natural situation," 1758, medical Latin, from Greek taxis "arrangement, an arranging, the order or disposition of an army, battle array; order, regularity," verbal noun of tassein "arrange," from PIE root *tag- "to set aright, set in order" (see tangent).
Example
- 1. I don 't have much headaches with taxis .
- 2. Around campo santa giustina , we stop at a busy intersection with a major north-south thoroughfare for water taxis .
- 3. Are taxis allowed to drive in the bus lane ?
- 4. His music has become a staple in the candongueiros ( shared taxis ) that criss-cross the vast country .
- 5. Few things in new york are as iconic as its fleets of yellow and black taxis .