classification system

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meaningsofclassificationandsystem

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classification
noun
uk
/ˌklæs.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌklæs.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of dividing things into groups according to ...
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system
noun
uk
/ˈsɪs.təm/
us
/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition ofclassificationandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some examples are an instrument familyclassificationsystemand a content-based music library system.
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What clinical and societal needs are met by theclassificationsystem?
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Also, comorbidity could be a function of the categorical nature of ourclassificationsystem.
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Thus, it can characterize the inherent tradeoff between the true and false decisions in aclassificationsystem.
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Thisclassificationsystemdefines different types of maltreatment and levels of severity for each type.
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We conclude that there are several advantages of adopting formulae into a seed dormancyclassificationsystem.
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Any child who had less than one health screening each month was eliminated from thisclassificationsystem.
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Evers was concerned instead with changes and insufficiencies in nomenclature and in the overallclassificationsystem.
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Thus, the criterion for a match across classification systems was more liberal than that within the infantclassificationsystem.
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Other aspects of child maltreatment derived from the maltreatmentclassificationsystemalso were considered for their potential role in influencing cortisol regulation.
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Theclassificationsystemwas constructed on the basis of errors previously reported in the adult literature, developmental data and the responses provided by the children.
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The economy of theclassificationsystemhelps identify the diverse roles of family in adolescent contexts outside the family.
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We have presented procedures that can be used to analyze and refine anyclassificationsystemthat makes use of nominal categories.
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Context clues: should we teach children to use aclassificationsystemin reading?
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His main contribution was hisclassificationsystem, which he also goes to great lengths to describe.
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In the multi-attribute approach the respondent completes a questionnaire based on a multi-attribute health-statusclassificationsystem.
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Any suchclassificationsystemis fraught with exceptions, however, and as was seen above, still requires the prespecification of stress in certain cases.
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In section 3, we present aclassificationsystembased on these types of definitions and briefly discuss welfare implications of each.
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