classifiable (klasifiabl)

[ These changes are cla ifiable as the original sensations J. S. Mill, Logic, I. 295. are. cla ific (kla-sif'ik), a. [L. cla is, a cla (see cla , n.), + -ficus, making, The cla ific value of such features as the color of the skin, the color and character of the hair and eyes, the shape of the nose and lips. Science , VI. 526. 3. Making, constituting, or lying at the foundation of cla ification, or of a system of cla ification. All curators of anthropological museums must recognize the following cla ific concepts: material, race, geographical areas, social organizations, environment, structure and function, and evolution or elaboration. Science, IX. 534. cla ification (klas"i-fi-kāʻshon), n. [= G. clas sif i cation = D. kla ifikatie = Dan. kla ifika tion = F. cla ification = Sp. clasificacion = Pg. cla if i cla ific ação = It. cla ific azione, subfamily, etc. In botany the same divisions are used as except that orders and families are identical, and the term phylum is not used. See animal kingdom, under animal, and cla , 5.- Cro -cla ification, a cla ification in which the different cla es are subdivided upon a common differentiating principle, so that they are not subordinated to one another. Thus, the division of the population into native and foreign, male and female, is a cro -cla ification. Such are the cla ifications of chemistry, geometry, logic, etc. Cro -cla ification violates a canon of Aristo tel i an logic. Hierarchical cla ific a tion, a cla ification in which the subdivisions of ditterent cla es are different, as was required by Aristotle. Such are the usual cla ifications of botany and zoology. - Quinary or quinarian cla ification. See quinary.