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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
variation
English
Etymology
From Middle French variation, from Old French variacion, from Latin vari?ti?.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?v?????e??n?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?v???i?e??n?/, /?væ?i?e??n?/, /?v??i?e??n?/
- , (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
- Hyphenation: va?ri?a?tion
Noun
variation (usually uncountable, plural variations)
- The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- A related but distinct thing.
- (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
- Synonym: magnetic declination
- (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
- (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
- (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.
- (astronomy) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
Derived terms
- magnetic variation
- theme and variations
Related terms
- vary
- variant
Translations
References
- US FM 55-501 MARINE CREWMAN’S HANDBOOK; 1 December 1999
- variation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- variation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vari?ti?. See also véraison.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.?ja.sj??/
Noun
variation f (plural variations)
- variation
Derived terms
- boîte de vitesses à variation continue
Related terms
- varier
Further reading
- “variation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Etymology
From French variation, attested from 1656.
Noun
variation c
- variation
Declension
Related terms
- variant
- variera
References
variation From the web:
- what variations of each of the instruments are available
- what variation means
- what variations do giraffes have
- what variations can individuals exhibit
- what variations do juncos have
- what variations are found in the finch species
- what variation includes differences in traits
- what variation is xy=12
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