Definitions for: Classification


[n] the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
[n] restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people
[n] the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
[n] a group of people or things arranged by class or category



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

Artificial classification. (Science) See under
Artifitial.

Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorisation, categorisation, categorization, categorization, categorization, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, sorting

Antonyms: declassification

See Also: appraisal, arrangement, ascription, assessment, attribution, basic cognitive process, cross-classification, cross-division, dichotomy, duality, grouping, indexing, reclassification, relegation, restriction, stratification, subsumption, taxonomy, typology

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