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DECIMAL SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decimal system of classification mean? 

DECIMAL SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION (noun)
  The noun DECIMAL SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION has 1 sense:

1. a system used by libraries to classify nonfictional publications into subject categories; the subject is indicated by a three-digit numeral and further specification is given by numerals following a decimal point; publications are shelved by numberplay

  Familiarity information: DECIMAL SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION used as a noun is very rare.


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DECIMAL SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A system used by libraries to classify nonfictional publications into subject categories; the subject is indicated by a three-digit numeral and further specification is given by numerals following a decimal point; publications are shelved by number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

decimal system of classification; Dewey decimal classification; Dewey decimal system

Hypernyms ("decimal system of classification" is a kind of...):

classification system (a system for classifying things)


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