taxis

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).

noun

1. (biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
2. (medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
3. (rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
4. arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
5. (historical) A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.

Etymology 2

See taxi.

noun

1. plural of taxi

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi