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- 1. the action or process of classifying something: "the classification of disease according to symptoms" Similar
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CLASSIFICATION definition: 1. the act or process of dividing things into groups according to their type: 2. a group that…. Learn more.
Classification is usually understood to mean the allocation of objects to certain pre-existing classes or categories. This distinguishes it from the earlier step in which the classes themselves are established, often through clustering in which similar objects are grouped together. [1]
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. ˈkla-sə-fi-kə-ˌtȯr-ē kla-ˈsi-fə- ˈkla-sə-fə-ˌkā-tə-rē. adjective. Synonyms. bracket. category. class. division. family. genus. grade. group. kind.
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.
n. 1. The act, process, or result of classifying. 2. A category or class. 3. Biology The systematic grouping of organisms into categories on the basis of evolutionary or structural relationships between them; taxonomy. clas′si·fi·ca·to′ri·ly (klăs′ə-fĭ-kə-tôr′ə-lē, klə-sĭf′ĭ-) adv.
A classification is a division or category in a system which divides things into groups or types. American English : classification / klæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən / Brazilian Portuguese : classificação
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.
