CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does classification system mean? 

• CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a system for classifying things

  Familiarity information: CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (noun)

Meaning:

A system for classifying things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("classification system" is a kind of...):

arrangement; organisation; organization; system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "classification system"):

decimal system of classification; Dewey decimal classification; Dewey decimal system (a system used by libraries to classify nonfictional publications into subject categories; the subject is indicated by a three-digit numeral and further specification is given by numerals following a decimal point; publications are shelved by number)

hierarchical classification system (a classification system where entries are arranged based on some hierarchical structure)

file system; filing system (a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically))

grouping; pigeonholing (a system for classifying things into groups)

rating system; scoring system (a system of classifying according to quality or merit or amount)

ABO blood group system; ABO group; ABO system (a classification system for the antigens of human blood; used in blood transfusion therapy; four groups are A and B and AB and O)