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CLASSIFICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
Synonyms:
assortment; categorisation; categorization; classification; compartmentalisation; compartmentalization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("classification" is a kind of...):
grouping (the activity of putting things together in groups)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "classification"):
indexing (the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve)
reclassification (classifying something again (usually in a new category))
relegation (the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category)
stratification (the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata)
taxonomy (practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships)
typology (classification according to general type)
Derivation:
classify (arrange or order by classes or categories)
classify (assign to a class or kind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("classification" is a kind of...):
confinement; restriction (the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary))
Antonym:
declassification (reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon)
Derivation:
classify (declare unavailable, as for security reasons)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
Synonyms:
categorisation; categorization; classification; sorting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("classification" is a kind of...):
basic cognitive process (cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "classification"):
coordination (being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree)
appraisal; assessment (the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth)
ascription; attribution (assigning to a cause or source)
ascription; attribution (assigning some quality or character to a person or thing)
cross-classification; cross-division (classification according to more than one attribute at the same time)
subsumption (incorporating something under a more general category)
Derivation:
classify (arrange or order by classes or categories)
classify (assign to a class or kind)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A group of people or things arranged by class or category
Synonyms:
categorisation; categorization; classification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("classification" is a kind of...):
arrangement (an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "classification"):
dichotomy; duality (being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses)
trichotomy (being threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses)
Derivation:
classify (arrange or order by classes or categories)
classify (assign to a class or kind)
Context examples:
A finding about one or more characteristics of ampulla of Vater cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.
(Ampulla of Vater Cancer TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
A classification of the medical history.
(Medical History Category, NCI Thesaurus)
A sub-division of the medical history classification.
(Medical History Subcategory, NCI Thesaurus)
A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.
(Melanoma of the Uvea Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.
(Melanoma of the Uvea Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
Antiviral agents that have a non-specific classification.
(Miscellaneous Antiviral Agent, NCI Thesaurus)
Alkylating agents with non-specific classification based on mechanism of action, therapeutic use, or chemical properties.
(Miscellaneous Alkylating Agent, NCI Thesaurus)
Therapeutic hormones that have a non-specific classification.
(Miscellaneous Hormone Agent, NCI Thesaurus)
A classification algorithm based on the robust classification method called partitioning around medoids.
(Modified Partitioning Around Medoids, NCI Thesaurus)
A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of mucosal melanoma of the head and neck, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.
(Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
