D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Classification

/klăsˌ-əf-ək-āsh'-ən/ · Clas·si·fi·ca·tion · IPA /ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
01 n. The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relati…
  1. 1.
    The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities.
Phrases & compounds
Artificial classification — See under Artifitial.