Classifying
['klæsifaiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Classify
Typist: Rebecca
Examples
- He is aware of the importance of 'classifying according to nature,' and will try to 'separate the limbs of science without breaking them' (PhaeDr.). Plato. The Republic.
- This innate modesty, however, does not prevent Edison from recognizing and classifying his own methods of investigation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On the contrary, I answered, it was only last night that I was looking over my old notes, and classifying some of our past results. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Nearly the same rules are followed as in classifying species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The rules for classifying will no doubt become simpler when we have a definite object in view. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Typist: Rebecca