Difference between response and taxis
Definitions
noun
- a result
- a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
- a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
- the manner in which something is greeted
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
Examples
$this - > _updated = true; else throw new Exception ( "Invalid server response"); public function setLoginPassword ($login, $password) $this - > _login = $login;
A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives was the usual response to her presence.
So far, only a couple of the trees (literally two) have been found to be successful in fending off beetle attacks, using chemical and physical responses similar to those in lower-elevation tree species, such as lodgepole pine and Douglas fir.
Definitions
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
Examples
Suffering several weeks of temporary lameness, I have been taking taxis a good deal, and offer a few gleanings from recent experience.
Phyllotaxis, which need not be entered into fully here; but in order the better to estimate the teratological changes which take place, it may be well to allude to the following circumstances relating to the alternation of parts.
The ferries, warships, water taxis, huge container vessels, yachts and fishing tinnies ply with impunity one of the greatest anchorages and working harbours in the world.
