classification
noun
clas·si·fi·ca·tion
ˌkla-sə-fə-ˈkā-shən 
1
: the act or process of classifying
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the classification of new species
job classifications for government workers
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Three years later, lawmakers established a federal personnel classification system.
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Mary Winston Nicklin, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2025
Three years later, lawmakers established a federal personnel classification system.
—Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made By History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
Although anomaly detection is very good at identifying deviations from the norm and machine learning is excellent at classification, AI can’t piece together an understanding of an attack that produces a definitive set of tasks that need to be undertaken to remediate threats.
—James Blake, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Dream Theater has fallen under that polarizing albeit vague classification since emerging in the ‘80s.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for classification
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“Classification.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/classification. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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classification
noun
clas·si·fi·ca·tion
ˌklas-(ə-)fə-ˈkā-shən
1
: the act or process of classifying
2
a
: systematic arrangement in groups : taxonomy
Medical Definition
classification
noun
clas·si·fi·ca·tion
ˌklas-(ə-)fə-ˈkā-shən
1
: the act or process of classifying
2
: systematic arrangement of animals and plants in groups or categories according to established criteria
specifically
: taxonomy sense 2
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