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Definition of Decimal system of classification
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Classification System
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decimal System Of Classification
Literary usage of Decimal system of classification
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Good Engineering Literature: What to Read and how to Write by Harwood Frost (1911)
"With the decimal sys- •From "An Extension of the Dewey Decimal System of
Classification Applied to the Engineering Industries," by LP Breckenridge and GA ..."
2. The Business Library by Louise Beerstecher Krause (1921)
""Extension of Dewey Decimal System of Classification to Cover Municipal Engineering,"
by R. De L. French, in Canadian Engineer, Nov. 12, 1914. ..."
3. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1916)
"It contains a full explanation of the Dewey decimal system of classification,
with an explanation of the Cutter author tables and instruction for the ..."
4. Engineering Office Systems and Methods: Together with Schedules and by John Percival Davies (1915)
"... The Extension of the Dewey Decimal System of Classification to the Engineering
Industries and to Architecture and Building 419 Bound Books for Indexing, ..."
5. The Economic Side of Works Management by John Christie Duncan (1911)
"9 and 13, University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Station, "An Extension
of the Dewey Decimal System of Classification Applied to Engineering ..."
6. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1897)
"THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CATALOGUE, AND THE decimal system of classification.
The most notable bibliographical event of the year was the holding of an ..."
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