Hypertext Webster Gateway: "classification"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Classification \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
classification
n 1: the grouping of things into classes or categories [syn: {categorization},
{categorisation}, {compartmentalization}, {compartmentalisation}]
2: a group of people or things arranged by class or category
[syn: {categorization}, {categorisation}]
3: the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or
categories [syn: {categorization}, {categorisation}, {sorting}]
4: restriction imposed by the government on documents or
weapons that are available only to certain authorized
people [ant: {declassification}]
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