Classification and Composition

noun

• The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type.
  • synonyms: categorization, categorisation, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment
• A group of people or things arranged by class or category.
  • synonyms: categorization, categorisation
• The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories.
  • synonyms: categorization, categorisation, sorting
• Restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people. .

(n.) The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities.

(DoD) The determination that official information requires, in the interests of national security, a specific degree of protection against unauthorized disclosure, coupled with a designation signifying that such a determination has been made. See also security classification.

noun

• The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole.
  • usage: "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art"
  • synonyms: composing
• The way in which someone or something is composed.
  • synonyms: constitution, physical composition, makeup, make-up
• A mixture of ingredients.
• A musical work that has been created.
  • usage: "the composition is written in four movements"
  • synonyms: musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
• Musical creation.
  • synonyms: composing
• The act of creating written works.
  • usage: "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
  • synonyms: writing, authorship, penning
• Art and technique of printing with movable type.
  • synonyms: typography
• An essay (especially one written as an assignment. )
  • usage: "he got an A on his composition"
  • synonyms: paper, report, theme
• Something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole.
  • usage: "he envied the composition of their faculty"

• (n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc.
• (n.) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below.
• (n.) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music.
• (n.) A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.
• (n.) The act or art of composing or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts or ingredients.
• (n.) Consistency; accord; congruity.
• (n.) The adjustment of a debt or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.
• (n.) A literary, musical or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.
• (n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.
• (n.) Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
• (n.) The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
• (n.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.

Voluntary arrangement to restructure a firm's debt, under which payment is reduced.