DECIMAL SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION

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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

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

classification system (a system for classifying things)

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