cross-classification

Definitions of cross-classification
  1. noun
    classification according to more than one attribute at the same time
    “the cross-classification of cases was done by age and sex”
    synonyms: cross-division
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    type of:
    categorisation, categorization, classification, sorting
    the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
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