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classification

[klas-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌklæs ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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E-bikes are required to show a classification number, which identifies the vehicle’s top speed and motor wattage.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

To better understand what is driving these changes, the team used a novel classification method that combines types of anticyclonic and cyclonic air mass circulation with a regional climate model.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Officials gave the dinner a lower security classification than they do for events of national or international significance, another person said, such as the presidential inauguration or the State of the Union address.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

It is a private nonprofit organization, not a government agency, and its decisions about classification and methodology are subject to debate.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Although there is a large literature on the classification and natural history of spiders, it is scattered and fragmentary and deals not at all with their value as an agent of biological control.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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