Definition of classification

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Classification (n.) 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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Mineral :: Mineral (v. i.) Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral)..
Method :: Method (n.) Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method..
Placentary :: Placentary (a.) Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification..
Symptomatology :: Symptomatical (a.) According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases..
Lithology :: Lithology (n.) The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature..
Systemless :: Systemless (a.) Not agreeing with some artificial system of classification.
Nosography :: Nosography (n.) A description or classification of diseases.
Division :: Division (n.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom..
Statistics :: Statistics (n.) The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.
Taxonomic :: Taxonomic (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification; classificatory..
Digestion :: Digestion (n.) The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.
Schizophyte :: Schizophyte (n.) One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not..
Beak :: Beak (n.) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds..
Ornithology :: Ornithology (n.) That branch of zoology which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.
Classificatory :: Classificatory (a.) Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification.
Onomatology :: Onomatology (n.) The science of names or of their classification.
Petrology :: Petrology (n.) The department of science which is concerned with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology..
Botany :: Botany (a. & n.) The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant..
Differentiate :: Differentiate (v. t.) To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize..
Biotaxy :: Biotaxy (n.) The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.
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