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CROSS-CLASSIFICATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cross-classification mean?
• CROSS-CLASSIFICATION (noun)
The noun CROSS-CLASSIFICATION has 1 sense:
1. classification according to more than one attribute at the same time
Familiarity information: CROSS-CLASSIFICATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classification according to more than one attribute at the same time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
cross-classification; cross-division
Context example:
the cross-classification of cases was done by age and sex
Hypernyms ("cross-classification" is a kind of...):
categorisation; categorization; classification; sorting (the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories)
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