classification

Noun
Synonyms: categorizationcategorisationcompartmentalizationcompartmentalisationassortmentsorting

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same typeSynonyms: categorizationcategorisationcompartmentalizationcompartmentalisationassortment
  2. a group of people or things arranged by class or categorySynonyms: categorizationcategorisation
  3. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categoriesSynonyms: categorizationcategorisationsorting
  4. restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Classification \Clas`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. classification.] The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities. [1913 Webster]

Artificial classification. (Science) See under Artifitial. [1913 Webster]

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