Classification - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Classification : (noun)
1: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type [syn: categorization, categorisation, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment]
2: a group of people or things arranged by class or category [syn: categorization, categorisation]
3: the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories [syn: categorization, categorisation, sorting]
4: restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people [ant: declassification]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Classification : \Clas`si*fi*ca"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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)