Taxi
From Academic Kids
Taxi may mean:
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Transport
- A form of public transportation: see taxicab.
- An air taxi (charter jet) is a bizjet.
- A water taxi is a small boat that transports passengers on water.
- A verb describing the movement of an aircraft on the air. Usually this is between runways, or between a hangar or terminal and a runway. The paved surfaces on which aircraft taxi are called taxiways.
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Media
- An American television comedy: see Taxi.
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Movies
- Taxi written by Luc Besson and directed by Gérard Pirès in 1998.
- Taxi 2 directed by Gérard Krawczyk in 2000.
- Taxi 3 directed by Gérard Krawczyk in 2003.
- Taxi - a 2004 movie starring Jimmy Fallon (a US remake of Luc Besson's 1998 film).
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Music
- "Taxi" - song by Harry Chapin
- "Joe le Taxi" - song by Vanessa Paradis
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Other
- A Romanian pop band -- see Taxi.
- An Australian exclamation, normally heard in pubs, clubs and bars following an act of discoordination (i.e. spilling drinks or breaking glasses). Suggesting that the uncoordinated party should probably be put in a taxi and sent home immediately.
- A video game (Crazy Taxi) for game consoles in which players receive money and/or points for picking up passengers and delivering them on time to their destinations and performing stunts such as weaving through traffic, jumping off things, and speeding.
- The taxi chocolate bar
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Etymology
The word taxi arose as short for "taximeter", which was made from French taxe = "price" and Greek metron = "measure".
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Contrast with
Taxis (singular) -- an oriented locomotion in a gradient, usually of simple organisms (chemotaxis, magnetotaxis, ...). The word taxis arose as Greek for "arrangement", from the verb tassein.
da:Taxinl:Taxi (doorverwijspagina) pt:Táxi (desambiguação) sv:Taxi (olika betydelser)
