classification Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
    categorisation; categorization; compartmentalization; compartmentalisation; assortment.
  2. noun a group of people or things arranged by class or category
    categorisation; categorization.
  3. noun the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
    categorisation; categorization; sorting.
  4. noun restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people

WordNet

Clas`si*fi*ca"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. classification.
Definitions
  1. The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities.

Webster 1913