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)

Sense 1

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)

 Context examples 

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of appendiceal carcinoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Appendiceal Carcinoma Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of appendiceal carcinoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Appendiceal Carcinoma Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of appendiceal carcinoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Appendiceal Carcinoma Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding about one or more characteristics of appendiceal carcinoid, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Appendiceal Carcinoid TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of appendiceal carcinoid, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Appendiceal Carcinoid Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of appendiceal carcinoid, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Appendiceal Carcinoid Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of mucosal melanoma of the head and neck, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck Pathologic TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of mucosal melanoma of the head and neck, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck Pathologic Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Melanoma of the Uvea TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Melanoma of the Uvea Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)