A scientific classification according to features which are held to be objectively significant, rather than being selected for convenience.
自然分类
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Professional taxonomists have always recognized this inequality among systems of naming by proclaiming the search for a natural classification as the goal of their science.
The systems approach to the treatment of accumulated classification material holds a special position among the ways, methods and rules, which must certainly be realized in a natural classification.
This and other problems have hamstrung psychiatrists' efforts throughout history to agree on a truly natural classification of mental disorders.
Definition of natural classification in US English:
natural classification
noun
A scientific classification according to features which are held to be objectively significant, rather than being selected for convenience.
自然分类
Example sentencesExamples
This and other problems have hamstrung psychiatrists' efforts throughout history to agree on a truly natural classification of mental disorders.
The systems approach to the treatment of accumulated classification material holds a special position among the ways, methods and rules, which must certainly be realized in a natural classification.
Professional taxonomists have always recognized this inequality among systems of naming by proclaiming the search for a natural classification as the goal of their science.