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Noun: Dewey decimal classification
  1. A system used by libraries to classify nonfictional publications into subject categories; the subject is indicated by a three-digit numeral and further specification is given by numerals following a decimal point; publications are shelved by number
    - Dewey decimal system, decimal system of classification

Type of: classification system

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