ALL meanings of classificatory
clas·si·fi·ca·tion
C c - noun classificatory Serving to classify. 1
- noun classificatory the act of classifying. 1
- noun classificatory the result of classifying or being classified. 1
- noun classificatory one of the groups or classes into which things may be or have been classified. 1
- noun classificatory Biology. the assignment of organisms to groups within a system of categories distinguished by structure, origin, etc. The usual series of categories is phylum (or, especially in botany, division), class, order, family, genus, species, and variety. 1
- noun classificatory the category, as restricted, confidential, secret, or top secret, to which information, a document, etc., is assigned, as by a government or military agency, based on the degree of protection considered necessary to safeguard it from unauthorized use. 1
- noun classificatory Library Science. any of various systems for arranging books and other materials, especially according to subject or format. 1