DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION


Meaning of DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdü-ē- also ]

ˈdyü- noun

Etymology: Melvil Dewey

Date: 1924

: a system of classifying books and other publications whereby main classes are designated by a 3-digit number and subdivisions are shown by numbers after a decimal point — called also Dewey decimal system

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