formal classification

collocation in English

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formal
adjective
uk
/ˈfɔː.məl/us
/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
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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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(Definition offormalandclassificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Any seemingformalclassificationconveys these meanings: it is as much a moral as a mechanical scheme.
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Formalclassificationwas eschewed as dynamic formulations were viewed as central to conceptualizing psychopathology.
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Emphasizingformalclassificationand concentrating on attributes, modes, and quantitative approaches can lead to a disembodied view of ceramic processes.
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We can linearize the problem offormalclassificationof up-diffeomorphisms.
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We reduce theformalclassificationproblem to solving a linear differential equation.
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This limit function is explicitly computed and related to questions offormalclassification, both for the case of germs and for the case of the semi-standard map.
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Venomous snakes include three families of snakes, and do not constitute aformalclassificationgroup used in taxonomy.
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The first edition of his book, published in 1837, began to establish aformalclassificationsystem for camellia varieties.
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They created the firstformalclassificationsystem, which had 27.
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There is considerable variation in how these relationships are converted into aformalclassification.
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Associate membership is not aformalclassificationand does not entitle the state to any of the representation of free movement rights that full membership allows.
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The division of all basidiomycetes between these two groups has been influential in fungal taxonomy, and is still used informally, but it is no longer the basis offormalclassification.
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There is noformalclassificationsystem.
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Formalclassificationof the species in this group awaits further research and some or all may or may not prove to be synonymous in the near future.
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