Grouping
['gruːpɪŋ] or ['ɡrupɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the activity of putting things together in groups.
(noun.) a system for classifying things into groups.
Inputed by Ethel--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Group
(n.) The disposal or relative arrangement of figures or objects, as in, drawing, painting, and sculpture, or in ornamental design.
Checker: Rowena
Examples
- But there is a decided grouping of valuable metals, and these can then be readily separated by means of electricity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This grand fact of the grouping of all organic beings under what is called the Natural System, is utterly inexplicable on the theory of creation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It is an accretion of power around a center of influence, cemented by patronage, graft, favors, friendship, loyalties, habits,--a human grouping, a natural pyramid. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He must not simply learn the signs, but the established grouping of those signs to represent various meanings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is not enough that the circle is a convenient way of grouping the children. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This classification is not arbitrary like the grouping of the stars in constellations. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The effect of new presentations is to reinforce groupings previously formed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The analogy of the aggregation of feudal groupings with crystallization is a very close one. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Roberta