Taxis
['tæksɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part.
(noun.) a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism.
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Definition
(n.) Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.
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Definition
n. (surg.) the art of putting parts in their natural place by means of pressure: orderly arrangement classification: a brigade in an ancient Greek army.—ns. Taxol′ogy the science of classification; Taxon′omer a taxonomist.—adjs. Taxonom′ic -al.—adv. Taxonom′ically.—ns. Taxon′omist one versed in taxonomy; Taxon′omy the laws and principles of taxology or orderly classification also their application to natural history.
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Examples
- Such taxes appear to me to be revolutionary. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is much shorter, and probably not quite so exact as that of the French taxes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Taxes upon the profits of stock, in particular employments, can never affect the interest of money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Such taxes, when destined for the maintenance of the state, have some advantages, which may serve in some measure to balance their inconveniency. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Upon the whole, such taxes, therefore, are perhaps as agreeable to the three first of the four general maxims concerning taxation, as any other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- What was the Crown to him except the King's Taxes? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Capitation taxes are levied at little expense; and, where they are rigorously exacted, afford a very sure revenue to the state. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He figures up what all these taxes ought to amount to in a certain district. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Taxes upon the necessaries of life are much higher in many other countries than in Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It taxes both alike, and takes the blood of the men, and the tears of the women. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The people of France, however, it is generally acknowledged, are much more oppressed by taxes than the people of Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But there are those who believe that taxes will break them up. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But a fresh war breaking out with the Indians, a fresh load of debt was incurred; and the taxes, of course, continued longer by a new law. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Both Ireland and the colonies, indeed, would be subjected to heavier taxes than any which they at present pay. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In some provinces of France, the king not only imposes what taxes he thinks proper, but assesses and levies them in the way he thinks proper. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typist: Wesley