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The roots for the binomial name are crassus (thick, fat) and rupestris (living on cliffs or rocks) This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms.
Molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption. leucocratic A term used to denote a light colour in igneous rocks, due to a high content of felsic minerals and a correspondingly small amount of dark, heavy silicates. limestone A sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite (calcium carbonate: CaCO 3). liquefaction
Word or root Scientific meaning from Latin Example Latin word Latin meaning Scientific meaning from Greek Example Greek word Greek meaning Notes alg- alga: alga alga: seaweed: pain: analgesic: ἄλγος: pain crema- burn: cremation: cremāre: to burn hang, be suspended cremaster: κρεμάννυμι: I hang (tr.)
This is a list of terms and symbols used in scientific names for organisms, and in describing the names. For proper parts of the names themselves, see List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names. Note that many of the abbreviations are used with or without a stop.
Science wrestled with the ideas of the combustion of pyrite with water, that rock was solidified bitumen, and with notions of rock being formed from water . Of the volcanoes then known, all were near the water, hence the action of the sea upon the land was used to explain volcanism.
A list of place names, used in Latin descriptions and, after the development of binomial nomenclature, as specific names in the natural sciences. A ...
List of Latin phrases; List of Byzantine Greek words of Latin origin; List of Latin words with English derivatives; Latin obscenity; List of descriptive plant species epithets (A–H) List of descriptive plant species epithets (I–Z) List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names *
Scientific terminology is the part of the language that is used by scientists in the context of their professional activities. While studying nature, scientists often encounter or create new material or immaterial objects and concepts and are compelled to name them.