DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION

Meaning of DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION in English

/ ˌdjuːi ˈdesɪml klæsɪfɪkeɪʃn; NAmE ; NAmE also ˌduːi/ (also ˈDewey system ) noun

[ sing. ] an international system for arranging books in a library

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WORD ORIGIN

late 19th cent.: named after Melvil Dewey (1851–1931), American librarian.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION — also called Dewey Decimal System, system for organizing the contents of a library based on the division of all knowledge …
Britannica English vocabulary
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION — or Dewey Decimal System System for organizing the contents of a library based on the division of all knowledge into …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION — ( also the Dewey System ) ( abbr DDC ) the most commonly used system for organizing books in public …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION — noun Etymology: Melvil Dewey Date: 1924 a system of classifying books and other publications whereby main classes are designated by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION — or Dewey Decimal System System for organizing the contents of a library based on the division of all knowledge into …
Английский словарь Британика
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION — noun see dewey classification
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION — Trademark. a system of classifying books and other works into ten main classes of knowledge with further subdivision in these …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION — system of library classification of books according to their subjects (using 3 digit numbers and decimals)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION — ˈdyü- noun Etymology: Melvil Dewey Date: 1924 : a system of classifying books and other publications whereby main classes are …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION — Pronunciation: ' dü- ē - also ' dyü- Function: noun Etymology: Melvil Dewey Date: 1924 : a system of classifying …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION — ■ noun an internationally applied decimal system of library classification which uses a three-figure code from 000 to 999 to …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION — [Dew.ey decimal classification] n [Melvil Dewey] (1924): a system of classifying books and other publications whereby main classes are designated …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION — десятичная классификация Дьюи
Англо-Русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу
DEWEY — I. biographical name George 1837-1917 American admiral, II. biographical name John 1859-1952 American philosopher & educator, ~an adjective III. biographical …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DEWEY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Davis Miles Dewey Dewey Decimal Classification {{link=Dewey Decimal System">Dewey Decimal System Dewey George Dewey …
Английский словарь Британика
CLASSIFICATION — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Dewey Decimal Classification library classification Library of Congress Classification LC Classification
Английский словарь Британика
DECIMAL — I. ˈdesəməl adjective Etymology: from (assumed) New Latin decimalis, from Medieval Latin, relating to tithes, from Latin decima tithe + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLASSIFICATION — ˌ ̷ ̷səfə̇ˈkāshən, rap. -sf- noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably from French, from classe class + -i- + -fication 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DECIMAL — (a.) Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being …
Английский словарь Webster
DECIMAL — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DEWEY — /dooh"ee, dyooh"ee/ , n. 1. George , 1837-1917, U.S. admiral: defeated Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DECIMAL — — decimally , adv. /des"euh meuhl, des"meuhl/ , adj. 1. pertaining to tenths or to the number 10. 2. proceeding …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEWEY — n. family name; Melvil Dewey (1851-1931), American educator and inventor of the Dewey Decimal System; John Dewey (1859-1952), American philosopher …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DECIMAL — I. ˈde-sə-məl, ˈdes-məl adjective Etymology: French décimal, from Medieval Latin decimalis of a tithe, from Latin decima tithe — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEWEY — I. ˈdü-ē, ˈdyü- biographical name George 1837-1917 American admiral II. biographical name John 1859-1952 American philosopher & educator • Dew·ey·an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DECIMAL — noun a number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. …
Webster English vocab
DECIMAL — [dec.i.mal] adj [F decimal, fr. ML decimalis of a tithe, fr. L decima tithe--more at dime] (1608): numbered or proceeding …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEWEY — Dewey BrE AmE ˈdju ː ‿i ⇨ˈdʒu ː ‿i AmE \ ˈduː i ˈdjuː i ▶ ˌ Dewey ˈ decimal …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DECIMAL — decimal BrE AmE ˈdes ə m ə l -ɪm- ▷ decimal|ly i ▷ decimal|s z ▶ ˌ decimal ˈ point …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CLASSIFICATION — classification BrE AmE ˌklæs ɪf ɪ ˈkeɪʃ ə n ˌ•əf-, -əˈ•- ▷ classification|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DECIMAL — / ˈdesɪml; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective based on or counted in tens or tenths : the decimal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DECIMAL — I. dec ‧ i ‧ mal 1 /ˈdesəm ə l, ˈdesɪm ə l/ BrE AmE noun [countable] a ↑ fraction …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DECIMAL — adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of a system of numbers, weights, measures, etc.) based on the number ten, in which …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DECIMAL — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a system of numbers, weights, measures, etc.) based on the number ten, in which …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DECIMAL — adj. & n. --adj. 1. (of a system of numbers, weights, measures, etc.) based on the number ten, in which …
Oxford English vocab
DECIMAL — ( decimals) 1. A decimal system involves counting in units of ten. ...the decimal system of metric weights and measures... …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DECIMAL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES decimal point EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Change ten decimals to a fraction Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh! is …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLASSIFICATION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE different ▪ Tables 6.6 and 6.7 give two views of this shift, considering different …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DECIMAL — [noun] [C], [adjective] [not gradable] - (a number expressed in the form) of a system of counting based on the …
Cambridge English vocab
CLASSIFICATION — [noun]Do you understand the system of classification used in ornithology? [U]Fingerprint classification is based on four groups of ridge patterns …
Cambridge English vocab
DEWEY — decimal system [noun] [U] - a system of organizing books and magazines, etc. in libraries, by which a book is …
Cambridge English vocab
DEWEY — n. Cukor George Dewey Davis Miles Dewey Dewey Decimal Classification Dewey Decimal System Dewey George Dewey John Dewey Melville Louis …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CLASSIFICATION — n. Dewey Decimal Classification library classification Library of Congress Classification LC Classification
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DEWEY — A person for whom a bicycle is primary transportation due to the loss of her driver's license for illegal substance …
Slang English vocab
DEWEY — Classification: County Located in: South Dakota (SD) Total Population (2000): 5972 Total Housing Units (2000): 2133 Land Area (square meters): …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DEWEY — Classification: County Located in: Oklahoma (OK) Total Population (2000): 4743 Total Housing Units (2000): 2425 Land Area (square meters): 2590332736 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DEWEY — Classification: City Located in: Oklahoma (OK) Total Population (2000): 3179 Total Housing Units (2000): 1457 Land Area (square meters): 6575046 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
CLASSIFICATION — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad , general ▪ detailed ▪ simple ▪ higher , lower ▪ The rooms are of the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DEWEY — weedy
Anagrams English vocabulary
DEWEY — George E., a former American hero who totally destroyed a Spanish armada in Manila Bay. He received the homage of …
Who is who English vocabulary
DEWEY — Dewey
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEWEY — Dewey
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DECIMAL — 1. прил. десятичный decimal numeration ≈ десятичная система счисления decimal fraction ≈ десятичная дробь decimal notation ≈ обозначение арабскими цифрами …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLASSIFICATION — ╜ International Standard Industrial Classification Standard International Trade Classification
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLASSIFICATION — сущ. классификация, классифицирование, систематизация классификация; распределение (по какой-л системе) - * of maps by scale классификация или каталогизация карт по …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DECIMAL — decimal.ogg 1. ʹdesım(ə)l n 1. 1> десятичная дробь periodic /repeating/ decimal - периодическая десятичная дробь I'm bad at /I can't …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CLASSIFICATION — classification.ogg ͵klæsıfıʹkeıʃ(ə)n n 1. 1> классификация; распределение ( по какой-л. системе ) classification of maps by scale - классификация или …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DECIMAL — 1) десятичная дробь 2) десятичное число || десятичный • - circulating decimal - infinite decimal - mixed decimal - nonperiodic …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
CLASSIFICATION — 1) классификация 2) сортировка, сортирование; горн. разделение 3) бонитировка • classification by gravity — гравитационное разделение classification of waves — …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
DECIMAL — 1) десятичная дробь 2) десятичное число || десятичный • - circulating decimal - infinite decimal - mixed decimal - nonperiodic decimal - nonterminating decimal - periodic decimal - pure …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
CLASSIFICATION — 1) классификация 2) сортировка, сортирование; горн. разделение 3) бонитировка • classification by gravity — гравитационное разделение classification of waves — классификация диапазонов волн - air classification - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
DECIMAL — 1) десятичное число; десятичная дробь 2) десятичный • reduction of common fraction to a decimal — превращение обыкновенной дроби в десятичную - four-place decimal - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CLASSIFICATION — 1) группирование, группировка 2) классификация; систематизация 3) сортировка 4) метал разделение по крупности, рассев; сепарация • - affine classification - balanced classification - bifurcate classification - decimal classification - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
DECIMAL — decimal прил.десятичный decimal numeration — десятичная система счисления decimal fraction — десятичная дробь decimal notation — обозначение арабскими цифрами decimal …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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