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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: classification n 1: the grouping of things by classes or categories [syn: {categorization}, {categorisation}] 2: a group of people or things arranged by class or category [syn: {categorization}] 3: the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories [syn: {categorization}, {sorting}] 4: restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people [ant: {declassification}]
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