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category

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents" [syn: class , family ] a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, from Middle French catégorie , from Late Latin categoria , from Greek kategoria "accusation, prediction, category," verbal noun from kategorein "to speak against; to accuse, assert, predicate," from kata "down to" (or perhaps "against;" see cata- ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In mathematics , a category is an algebraic structure that comprises "objects" that are linked by "arrows". A category has two basic properties: the ability to compose the arrows associatively and the existence of an identity arrow for each object. A simple ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Category \Cat"e*go*ry\, n.; pl. Categories . [L. categoria, Gr. ?, fr. ? to accuse, affirm, predicate; ? down, against + ? to harrangue, assert, fr. ? assembly.] (Logic.) One of the highest classes to which the objects of knowledge or thought can be reduced, ...

Usage examples of category.

Under the category of anomalies, West made specific reference to the bowls carved out of diorite and other hard stones described in Part VI.

But the Appalachian Law School shootout raised groupthink to a whole new category of duplicity.

The bees brought from Maryville had been subdued with carbon dioxide and separated into two categories - the Afro-Americans and the giant mutant bees.

Brands exist on many levels, and there are typically only a few brands within each category.

Rani stared at him from beneath her lashes wondering why her intuition was telling her that Flint Cottrell would never fit neatly into a single category.

By: Kim Isaac Eisler Category: nonfiction biography Synopsis: A biography of one of the greatest Supreme Court Justices of this century explores his role in landmark decisions on pornography, libel, desegregation, search and seizure, and legislative redistricting.

This clothing served as a uniform for The Watchmen in training, but also made plausible working gear for them in their secondary roles as drillers, rig mechanics, floormen, roustabouts and other categories of occupation aboard the drillship half a mile off-shore.

The military operations in that country, though extending over a very large area, may be roughly divided into two categories: the attacks by the Boers upon British posts, and the aggressive sweeping movements of British columns.

Wright, the contract clause had been considered in almost forty per cent of all cases involving the validity of State legislation, and of these the vast proportion involved legislative grants of one type or other, the most important category being charters of incorporation.

Just before the carmine and purple handstamp on the 1900 category and the 75-centimes in all the French-China divisions was a tiny checkmark.

By: Richard Hemic Category: fiction military Synopsis: A DEEP SEA FIGHT TO THE DEATH!

These creatures, although fully as dependent on the homeostatic biosphere as other units of life, had nevertheless elevated themselves to a special category.

Third category embraced the hybrids, those beings who, like Jaguarundi, were the product of genetic engineering.

We could say, in Kantian fashion, that our internal moral disposition, when it is confronted with and tested in the social order, tends to be determined by the ethical, political, and juridical categories of Empire.

Unfortunately, that part of magic which refused to conform to the neat categories of the nineteenth-century methodologists was lopped off and left out of the body of science.