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1. (n.) classification
the act of classifying.
2. classification
the result of classifying or being classified.
3. classification
one of the classes into which things are classified.
4. classification
the assignment of organisms to groups within a system of categories distinguished by structure, origin, etc.
Etymology: (1780–90; < F)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
2. (noun) classification, categorization, categorisation
a group of people or things arranged by class or category
3. (noun) classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting
the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
4. (noun) classification
restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people
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1. (noun) classification
an arrangement into groups
the scientific classification of diseases
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) 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
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Classification
The systematic arrangement of entities in any field into categories classes based on common characteristics such as properties, morphology, subject matter, etc.
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. Classification
The determination that official information requires, in the interests of national security, a specific degree of protection against unauthorized disclosure, coupled with a designation signifying that such a determination has been made. See also security classification.
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