Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In logic, a multiple mode of division by which the concept or class divided is divided in several ways, each subclass in each of these ways intersecting every subclass in each of the other ways.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun classification according to more than one attribute at the same time.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun classification according to more than one attribute at the same time
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Examples
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Disney's financial structure encourages such cross-division collaboration.
Disney's 'Cars 2' a Hit Already—in Stores Ethan Smith 2011
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Disney's financial structure encourages such cross-division collaboration.
Disney's 'Cars 2' a Hit Already—in Stores Ethan Smith 2011
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League play gets underway with a cross-division tilt as Georgia Tech visits Boston College.
Weekend Preview: SEC powers ready to roll out welcome mat 2008
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The summa genera of thought, the nature of the proposition, of definition, of generalization, of synthesis and analysis, of division and cross-division, are clearly described, and the processes of induction and deduction are constantly employed in the dialogues of Plato.
The Sophist 2006
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Top management moves all across the company, translating best practices but also facilitating cross-division initiatives.
Rupert Murdoch On The Cheap Whitney Tilson 2006
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The following classification, though exposed, as all such classifications must be, to the charge of cross-division, will afford a working basis for the study of the Psalter: --
Introduction to the Old Testament John Edgar McFadyen
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More briefly, we may put the same thing thus -- There must be no cross-division (1) and the division must be exhaustive (2).
Deductive Logic St. George William Joseph Stock
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These may be classified, although, because of the complexity of factors involved in any moral theory, cross-division is inevitable.
Human Traits and their Social Significance Irwin Edman
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Though logically at fault, because of the cross-division thus inevitably entailed, this plan has seemed to be the best.
A Syllabus of Kentucky Folk-Songs Josiah Henry Combs 1923
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In spite of the obvious logical cross-division, it has seemed well to print them as
A Syllabus of Kentucky Folk-Songs Josiah Henry Combs 1923
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