classificatory


clas·si·fi·ca·tion

C0390500 (klăs′ə-fĭ-kā′shən)n.1. The act, process, or result of classifying.2. A category or class.3. Biology The systematic grouping of organisms into categories on the basis of evolutionary or structural relationships between them; taxonomy.
clas′si·fi·ca·to′ri·ly (klăs′ə-fĭ-kə-tôr′ə-lē, klə-sĭf′ĭ-) adv.clas′si·fi·ca·to′ry (klăs′ə-fĭ-kə-tôr′ē, klə-sĭf′ĭ-, klăs′ə-fĭ-kā′tə-rē) adj.
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Adj.1.classificatory - relating to or involving classification:"classificatory criteria"