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classification
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French classification
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?klæs?f??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
classification (countable and uncountable, plural classifications)
- The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN
- I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order …
And there is also taxinomia a principle of 'classification' and ordered tabulation.
Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …
Western reason had entered the age of judgement.
- I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order …
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN
Derived terms
- classification scheme
- classification yard
Related terms
- class
- classic
- classify
- category
- categorize
- segment
Translations
Further reading
- classification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- classification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- classification at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
classe +? -ification
Pronunciation
Noun
classification f (plural classifications)
- classification
Further reading
- “classification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
classification From the web:
- what classification of drug is alcohol
- what classification is a bird
- what classification of alcohol is resistant to oxidation
- what classification is a worm
- what classification is our sun
- what classification is a fish
- what classification is a shark
- what classification is a snail
description
English
Etymology
From Old French description, from Latin d?scr?pti?, noun of action of d?scr?b? (“I describe”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??sk??p??n/
Noun
description (countable and uncountable, plural descriptions)
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
Synonyms
- (characteristics): sort, kind, type, variety
Derived terms
Related terms
- describe
- descriptive
Translations
See also
- prescription
- descriptivism
Further reading
- description in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- description in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
See also
- synopsis
- interpretation
Anagrams
- discerption, predictions
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?scripti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s.k?ip.sj??/
- Homophone: descriptions
Noun
description f (plural descriptions)
- description
Related terms
- décrire
- descriptif
Further reading
- “description” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Latin d?scripti?.
Noun
description f (oblique plural descriptions, nominative singular description, nominative plural descriptions)
- description
Related terms
- descrivre
description From the web:
- what description mean
- what description of joint tenancy is best
- what description explains how pollen is received
- what description best defines a confederation
- what description of salt is a chemical property
- what description refers to fog
- what description of the music of debussy is accurate
- what descriptions of the government deficit is incorrect
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