Classification Definition

klăsə-fĭ-kāshən
classifications
noun
classifications
The act, process, or result of classifying.
American Heritage Medicine
A classifying or being classified; arrangement according to some systematic division into classes or groups.
Webster's New World
A system of such classes or groups.
Webster's New World
Such a class or group.
Webster's New World
The systematic grouping of organisms into categories on the basis of evolutionary or structural relationships between them; taxonomy.
American Heritage Medicine
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Other Word Forms of Classification

Noun

Singular:
classification
Plural:
classifications

Origin of Classification

  • From French classification.

    From Wiktionary

Classification Sentence Examples

  • A natural classification of the Hydroidea has yet to be put forward.

  • Within this classification of uniforms, there are several distinctions.

  • A statement may now be given of Gadow's classification of birds, in which the extinct forms have been intercalated so far as possible.

  • Their shape and size varies greatly and is often of use in classification.

  • For the development of this classification see Element.

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Words Starting With

CCLCLA

Words Ending With

NONION

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classification

Words Starting With C and Ending With N

Starts With C & Ends With NStarts With CL & Ends With NStarts With C & Ends With ON

Word Length

14 Letter Words14 Letter Words Starting With C14 Letter Words Ending With N