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  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Class  \Class\,  v.  i. 
  To  grouped  or  classed. 
 
  The  genus  or  famiky  under  which  it  classes.  --Tatham. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Class  \Class\  (kl[.a]s),  n.  [F.  classe,  fr  L.  classis  class, 
  collection,  fleet;  akin  to  Gr  klh^sis  a  calling,  kalei^n  to 
  call  E.  claim,  haul.] 
  1.  A  group  of  individuals  ranked  together  as  possessing 
  common  characteristics;  as  the  different  classes  of 
  society;  the  educated  class;  the  lower  classes. 
 
  2.  A  number  of  students  in  a  school  or  college,  of  the  same 
  standing,  or  pursuing  the  same  studies. 
 
  3.  A  comprehensive  division  of  animate  or  inanimate  objects, 
  grouped  together  on  account  of  their  common 
  characteristics,  in  any  classification  in  natural  science, 
  and  subdivided  into  orders  families,  tribes,  genera,  etc 
 
  4.  A  set  a  kind  or  description,  species  or  variety. 
 
  She  had  lost  one  class  energies.  --Macaulay. 
 
  5.  (Methodist  Church)  One  of  the  sections  into  which  a  church 
  or  congregation  is  divided,  and  which  is  under  the 
  supervision  of  a  class  leader. 
 
  {Class  of  a  curve}  (Math.),  the  kind  of  a  curve  as  expressed 
  by  the  number  of  tangents  that  can  be  drawn  from  any  point 
  to  the  curve.  A  circle  is  of  the  second  class. 
 
  {Class  meeting}  (Methodist  Church),  a  meeting  of  a  class 
  under  the  charge  of  a  class  leader,  for  counsel  and 
  relegious  instruction. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Class  \Class\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Classed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Classing}.]  [Cf.  F.  classer.  See  {Class},  n.] 
  1.  To  arrange  in  classes;  to  classify  or  refer  to  some  class; 
  as  to  class  words  or  passages. 
 
  Note:  In  scientific  arrangement,  to  classify  is  used  instead 
  of  to  class.  --Dana. 
 
  2.  To  divide  into  classes,  as  students;  to  form  into  or 
  place  in  a  class  or  classes. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  class 
  n  1:  a  collection  of  things  sharing  a  common  attribute;  "there 
  are  two  classes  of  detergents"  [syn:  {category},  {family}] 
  2:  a  body  of  students  who  are  taught  together;  "early  morning 
  classes  are  always  sleepy"  [syn:  {form},  {grade}] 
  3:  people  having  the  same  social  or  economic  status;  "the 
  working  class";  "an  emerging  professional  class"  [syn:  {social 
  class},  {socio-economic  class}] 
  4:  education  imparted  in  a  series  of  lessons  or  class  meetings; 
  "he  took  a  course  in  basket  weaving";  "flirting  is  not 
  unknown  in  college  classes"  [syn:  {course},  {course  of 
  study},  {course  of  instruction}] 
  5:  a  league  ranked  by  quality;  "he  played  baseball  in  class  D 
  for  two  years";  "Princeton  is  in  the  NCAA  Division  1-AA" 
  [syn:  {division}] 
  6:  a  body  of  students  who  graduate  together:  "the  class  of 
  '97";  "she  was  in  my  year  at  Hoehandle  High"  [syn:  {year}] 
  7:  (biology)  a  taxonomic  group  containing  one  or  more  orders 
  8:  (informal)  elegance  in  dress  or  behavior;  "she  has  a  lot  of 
  class" 
  v  :  arrange  or  order  by  classes  or  categories;  "How  would  you 
  classify  these  pottery  shards--are  they  prehistoric?" 
  [syn:  {classify},  {sort},  {assort},  {sort  out},  {separate}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  class 
 
  1.    The  prototype  for  an  {object}  in  an 
  {object-oriented  language};  analogous  to  a  {derived  type}  in  a 
  {procedural  language}.  A  class  may  also  be  considered  to  be  a 
  set  of  objects  which  share  a  common  structure  and  behaviour. 
  The  structure  of  a  class  is  determined  by  the  {class 
  variables}  which  represent  the  {state}  of  an  object  of  that 
  class  and  the  behaviour  is  given  by  a  set  of  {methods} 
  associated  with  the  class. 
 
  Classes  are  related  in  a  {class  hierarchy}.  One  class  may  be 
  a  specialisation  (a  "{subclass}")  of  another  (one  of  its 
  "{superclasses}")  or  it  may  be  composed  of  other  classes  or  it 
  may  use  other  classes  in  a  {client-server}  relationship.  A 
  class  may  be  an  {abstract  class}  or  a  {concrete  class}. 
 
  See  also  {signature}. 
 
  2.    See  {type  class}. 
 
  3.    One  of  three  types  of  {Internet  addresses} 
  distinguished  by  their  most  significant  bits. 
 
  3.    A  language  developed  by  the  {Andrew  Project}. 
  It  was  one  of  the  first  attempts  to  add  {object-oriented} 
  features  to  {C}. 
 
  (1995-05-01) 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  CLASS 
  Centralized  Local  Area  Selective  Signaling 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  CLASS 
  Custom  Local  Area  Signaling  Service




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