classification : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: classification	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
classification n the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type Synonym(s): categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment a group of people or things arranged by class or category Synonym(s): classification, categorization, categorisation the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories Synonym(s): classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people Antonym(s): declassification
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Classification \Clas`sifica"tion\, n. [Cf. F. classification.] 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. {Artificial classification}. (Science) See under {Artifitial}.