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classification
noun
    1. The arrangement and division of things and people into classes.
      Thesaurus: arrangement, organization, systematization, taxonomy, codification, categorization, gradation, designation, assignment.
    2. A group or class into which a person or thing is put.
      Thesaurus: kind, order, group, category.




Dewey decimal system
classification
noun
    1. An international library classification system, in which books are assigned to numbered classes, with further subdivision of classes shown by numbers following a decimal point. Also called decimal classification.
Etymology: 19c: devised in 1873, by Melvil Dewey (1851‐1931), US librarian.



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