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microclassification

microclassification noun: classification on a very small scale.

Noun

microclassification (plural microclassifications)

  1. classification on a very small scale
    • When a large number of microclassification cells form a dense mass clustered in a small area, they are categorized as malignant.[ 7 ] Masses in benign and malignant cases of mammograms have distinct and meaningful differences in terms of their shape and formation.2015, Alireza Shirazinodeh et al., “Detection and classification of Breast Cancer in Wavelet Sub-bands of Fractal Segmented Cancerous Zones”, in Journal of Medical Signals and Sensors, volume 5

Forms of microclassification

pluralmicroclassifications

Origin of microclassification

From micro- + classification.

Questions about microclassification

What does microclassification mean?
Microclassification means classification on a very small scale.
What part of speech is microclassification?
Microclassification is a noun.
What is the plural of microclassification?
The plural of microclassification is microclassifications.

Words near microclassification in the dictionary

  1. microcivilizations
  2. microclade
  3. microclades
  4. microclamp
  5. microclamps
  6. microclassification
  7. microclassifications
  8. microcleavage
  9. microcleavages
  10. microclimate
  11. microclimates

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