Meanings
adjectiveclassificatory (not comparable)
- not comparableServing to classify.
A brief consideration of the existence of second best solutions is followed by a classificatory discussion of the nature of these solutions.
1956, R. G. Lipsey and Kelvin Lancaster, “The General Theory of the Second Best”, in The Review of Economic Studies, volume 24, number 1, page 11Synonyms: classifying
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adjectiveServing to classify.
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