classification
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• noun
The action or process of arranging people or things into groups or categories based on shared qualities or characteristics.
"The librarian oversaw the classification of thousands of newly acquired books by subject matter."
A category into which something is put; a systematic arrangement of organisms into taxonomic groups based on evolutionary or structural relationships.
"Modern genetic analysis has led biologists to revise the traditional classification of several plant families."
The assignment of an official level of secrecy to government documents or information, or the status so assigned.
"The report's high security classification prevented it from being shared with the general public."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 18th century from French 'classification', formed from the verb 'classifier' (to classify), which ultimately derives from Latin 'classis' (a division or class of Roman citizens) and '-ficare' (to make).