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- DictionaryClas·si·fi·ca·tion/ˌklasəfəˈkāSHən/
noun
- 1. the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics: "the classification of disease according to symptoms"
1. : the act or process of classifying. 2. a. : systematic arrangement in groups or categories according to established criteria. specifically : taxonomy. b. : class, category. classificatory.
the assignment of organisms to groups within a system of categories distinguished by structure, origin, etc. The usual series of categories is phylum (or, especially in botany, division ), class, order, family, genus, species, and variety.
CLASSIFICATION definition: 1. the act or process of dividing things into groups according to their type: 2. a group that…. Learn more.
CLASSIFICATION meaning: 1. the act or process of dividing things into groups according to their type: 2. a group that…. Learn more.
CLASSIFICATION meaning: 1 : the act or process of putting people or things into groups based on ways that they are alike; 2 : an arrangement of people or things into groups based on ways that they are alike
Classification is usually understood to mean the allocation of objects to certain pre-existing classes or categories. This distinguishes it from clustering in which similar objects are grouped together, thereby creating new classes.
classification. [uncountable] the act or process of putting people or things into a group or class (= of classifying them) [countable] a group, class, division, etc. into which somebody or something is put. The material was put into the highest security classification.
Classification definition: A classifying or being classified; arrangement according to some systematic division into classes or groups.
classification. noun. /ˌklæsəfəˈkeɪʃn/. [uncountable] the act or process of putting people or things into a group or class (= of classifying them) a style of music that defies classification (= is like no other)
CLASSIFICATION definition: the process of putting people or things into groups by their type, size, etc, or one of these…. Learn more.
