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classification Definition

clas·si·fi·ca·tion (klas′ə fi kā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a classifying or being classified; arrangement according to some systematic division into classes or groups
    1. a system of such classes or groups
    2. such a class or group
  3. Biol. taxonomy

Etymology: Fr

classification Related Forms

clas′·si·fi·ca′·tory (klas′ə fik′ə tôr′ē) adjective

classification Synonyms

classification

n.

  1. The act of putting into classes

    arrangement, assortment, grouping, sorting, ordering, allotment, organization, gradation, coordination, graduation, disposal, disposition, reducing to order, categorizing, categorization, apportionment, tabulating, consignment, orderly arrangement, analysis, division, assignment, designation, taxonomy, typology, collocation, sizing, grading, ranking, cataloging, indexing, filing, labeling, distribution, allocation, systematization, codification; see also order 3.

  2. A division

    kind, order, group; see class 1.

classification Usage Examples

Preposition: of

cannabis: It believes that the current classification of cannabis undermines the credibility of this message particularly among young people.

Converse of object

  • defy: There is a disparate bunch of songs on my hard drive that defy classification.
  • revise: The American Society for Reproductive Medicine revised the classification in 1997 to take account of the latest observations.
  • derive: First, we were interested in deriving a classification of single-malt whiskies to characterize the various groups of Scotches.

Adjective modifier

  • hierarchical: Then, this matrix must be fed into a clustering algorithm to obtain a hierarchical classification.
  • socio-economic: They also provide data on the number of people employed according to their socio-economic classification.
  • taxonomic: In polymorphism, the taxonomic classification of species does not always match up with a tight genetic definition.
  • functional: A controlled virus taxonomical and functional classification has been used for all the proteins and protein families in the database.
  • spectral: Colors in brackets, " [ ] " , are assumed from the spectral classification.
  • unsupervised: A clustering algorithm is then used for unsupervised classification.

Modifies a noun

  • theorem: This is the first ever ' classification theorem ' in mathematics, and forms a fitting climax to this great work.
  • scheme: Suppose we wished to develop a classification scheme based on color.
  • algorithm: The classification algorithm correctly classifies events 85 % of the time.
  • accuracy: Classification accuracy of 96.8 % is achieved on a total of 624 sample images.

Noun used with modifier

  • honors: Grading criteria attached to each honors degree classification are appended.
  • degree: My degree classification may be affected by my choice of options.
  • biotope: Marine Nature Conservation Review: marine biotope classification for Britain and Ireland.
  • phoneme: We also present the results of the phoneme classification experiments conducted on the TIMIT corpus of continuous speech.
  • texture: The framework can be easily used for quantitative comparison of texture classification algorithms.
  • habitat: Species and habitat classification provides a language through which data can be communicated at a national and international level.