decimal system of classification

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decimal system of classification - 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

Dewey decimal classification, Dewey decimal system

classification system - a system for classifying things

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Dewey decimal classification

Dewey Decimal System
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Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey

Audio-based spelling will hole your boat every time; the American librarian and founder of the decimal system of classification (in 1876) was New Yorker Melvil Dewey (1851-1931), so spelled.

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