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classifier|ˈklæsɪfaɪə(r)|
[f. next + -er.]
1. One who classifies.
1819Rees Cycl., s.v. Classification (L.), The classifiers of this period were chiefly Fructists and Corollists. 1830Sir J. Herschel Stud. Nat. Phil. 293 He has performed his task, if not as a natural historian at least as a classifier and arranger. 1838Emerson Lit. Ethics Wks. (Bohn) II. 212 No history, that we have, is safe, but a new classifier shall give it new and more philosophical arrangement.
2. Gram. A word or formative element attached to a noun in certain languages, used esp. to indicate the class of objects which the noun represents; = numerative n.
1863[see numerative n.]. 1964E. Bach Introd. Transformational Gram. vi. 141 The following Japanese forms (numerals and classifiers).
3. A device for screening or sizing ore, etc.
1902Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 371/1 Sizes smaller than can be satisfactorily handled by screens are treated by means of hydraulic classifiers and box classifiers. 1952Gloss. Terms Fuel Appliances (B.S.I.) 16 Classifier, a device for controlling the fineness of product discharged from a pulverizing mill. |