traditional classification

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traditional
adjective
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/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/us
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/
following or belonging to the customs or ways of behaving that have continued in a group of people or society for a long time ...
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noun
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/ˌklæs.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌklæs.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of dividing things into groups according to ...
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(Definition oftraditionalandclassificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Advances in green roof technology have led to the development of new systems that do not fit into thetraditionalclassificationof green roof types.
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This has renderedtraditionalclassificationof placenta praevia obsolete.
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While intraditionalclassificationtetrapods and fish are seen as two different groups, phylogenetically tetrapods are considered a branch of fish.
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Sleep disorders often do not fit neatly intotraditionalclassification; differential diagnoses cross medical systems.
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Recently, molecular data have revealed that some aspects oftraditionalclassificationare quite artificial.
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Thetraditionalclassificationis still taught but is no longer the focus of modern lexicographic practice.
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Thetraditionalclassificationscheme shown below on the left predates the recent revolution in our understanding of procyonid phylogeny based on genetic sequence analysis.
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Molecular genetic studies revealed thetraditionalclassification, based on morphological and anatomical characters, often did not reflect the phylogenetical relationships.
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Thetraditionalclassificationdistinguishes four kinds of bonding: thermodynamic, electronic, and mechanical properties.
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It is generally considered that the commontraditionalclassificationof flamenco music is divided into three groups of which the deepest, most serious forms are known as cante jondo.
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Until recently, in atraditionalclassification, it encompassed about 7,275 (92%) of the 7,900 species of amphipods described by then, in approximately 1,000 genera, divided among around 125 families.
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Hulled or free-threshing status is important intraditionalclassificationbecause the different forms are usually grown separately, and have very different post-harvesting processing.
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Thistraditionalclassificationbeen called into question by recent phylogenetic studies employing genetic methods to investigate the relationships between representative members of the various sections of each subgenus.
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