Found 4 items, similar to Taxis.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: taxis taksi-taksi
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: taxi taksi
English → English (WordNet) Definition: taxis 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Taxis 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]