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unusual facts about classification



Acidophobe

Sometimes a complementary classification is used (calcicole/calcifuge, with calcicoles being "lime-loving" plants).

Ampelography

Ampelography (ἄμπελος, "vine" + γράφος, 'writing') is the field of botany concerned with the identification and classification of grapevines, Vitis spp. Traditionally this has been done by comparing the shape and colour of the vine leaves and grape berries; more recently the study of vines has been revolutionised by DNA fingerprinting.

Amphoterite

Amphoterite is an obsolete classification of chondritic meteorites that are now classified as LL (Low Iron and Low total metal content) types.

Amy Marren

Amy Marren (born 14 August 1998) is a British Para swimmer who became the SM9 200m individual medley world champion at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.

Anais García Balmaña

Anais Garcia Balmaña (born September 29, 1980 in Barcelona) is a vision impaired B1/S11 swimmer from Spain.

ARCT

Amateur Radio Communications Team, a classification of amateur radio emergency communications teams.

Australoid race

According to this model of classification, Australoid peoples ranged throughout Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, New Guinea, Melanesia, the Andaman Islands, the Indian subcontinent, as well as parts of the Middle East.

B01

ATC code B01 Antithrombotic agents, a subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System

Bautz-Morgan classification

The Bautz-Morgan classification was developed in 1970 by Laura P. Bautz and William Wilson Morgan to categorize galaxy clusters based on their morphology.

Blue book

The CIBJO World Jewellery Confederation Blue Book is a three-part publication outlining terminology, classification and ethical guidelines for coloured gemstones, diamonds and pearls

Brayon

Classification of Brayon as a dialect within Quebec French is largely disputed, as unlike Acadian French, for example, Brayon does not possess its own words or definition.

Buddleja crispa

Until DNA analysis can prove otherwise, it is this classification which is accepted here.

Canadian Home Video Rating System

The Canadian Home Video Rating System (CHVRS) is a voluntary rating classification system applied to home video products such as VHS and DVDs.

Cannop Cycle Centre

It is graded BLUE on the CTC classification of cycle trails, but also incorporates several RED alternative sections.

Classified information in the United States

The classification of the Suite A algorithms categorizes the hardware that store them as a Controlled Cryptographic Item(CCI) under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR.

Controversies related to chronic fatigue syndrome

In a letter to the Lancet in 1993, psychiatrists David and Wessely contested the WHO classification of CFS under diseases of the nervous system, arguing that it was a form of neurasthenia to be classified as a psychiatric condition.

D59

Queen's Gambit Declined, in the classification system of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings

Daniel Llambrich Gabriel

Daniel Llambrich Gabriel (born March 14, 1975 in Barcelona) is a vision impaired S12/B2 swimmer from Spain.

Henry Classification System

The Henry Classification System has been a highly influential force in the formation of current AFIS technology (Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System).

Indicator value

The older usage of the term refers to Ellenberg's indicator values, which are based on a simple ordinal classification of plants according to the position of their realized ecological niche along an environmental gradient.

Interactional expertise

Interactional expertise is part of a more complex classification of expertise developed by Harry Collins and Robert Evans (both based at Cardiff University).

Jaso

JASO FC, a performance quality classification of engine oil

KK-theory

It was influenced by Atiyah's concept of Fredholm modules for the Atiyah–Singer index theorem, and the classification of extensions of C*-algebras by Brown–Douglas–Fillmore (Lawrence G. Brown, Ronald G. Douglas, Peter Arthur Fillmore 1977).

Laser class

Laser safety: classification of laser products concerning safety hazards

Lilioid monocot

Publications using versions of the APG system are now beginning to appear and the influential World Checklist of Selected Plant Families from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is being updated to the APG III system and hence the classification of the lilioid monocots shown in the cladogram above.

Lisa Holt and Harlan Reano

Heard Museum Indian Fair & Market, 2011, 4 awards: Best of Classification in Pottery, First Place in traditional pottery, two Judge's Awards.

Luigi Bianchi

Through the influence of Luther P. Eisenhart and Abraham Haskel Taub, Bianchi's classification later came to play an important role in the development of the theory of general relativity.

Luis Antonio Arevalo Espadas

Luis Antonio Arevalo Espadas (born September 10, 1982 in Miguelturra) is a student and vision impaired S13/SB13/SM13/B3 swimmer from Spain.

M band

The modern M band intersects with the V (50–75 GHz) and W band (75–110 GHz) of the older IEEE classification system.

M-segment

It approximately corresponds to the American classification of several car categories such MPV, Minivan, Cargo Van and Passenger Van.

Médoc AOC

Predominantly an area of cooperatives today, none of the estates were included in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855, although several have been included in the (eventually discontinued) classification Cru Bourgeois.

National Motor Freight Classification

The National Motor Freight Classification is an industry standard that establishes comparative shipping rates for commodities moving as less than truckload freight in North America.

Nickel–Strunz classification

Nickel–Strunz classification is a scheme for categorizing minerals based upon their chemical composition, introduced by German mineralogist Karl Hugo Strunz (24 February 1910 – 19 April 2006) in his Mineralogische Tabellen (1941).

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai

ClassNK is one of the seven founding members of the International Association of Classification Societies, otherwise known as IACS.

Pablo Corral Embade

Pablo Corral Embade (born January 25, 1972 in A Coruña) is a vision impaired B2/S12 swimmer from Spain.

Pedro Delgado

Delgado's final advantage over the second rider in the overall classification, Steven Rooks, was 7:13 minutes.

Points classification in the Giro d'Italia

The Azzurri d'Italia classification (English: Azure or Sky Blue Italy) is an award in the Giro d'Italia in which points are awarded for the top three stage finishers (4, 2 and 1 point).

Raquel Saavedra Salvador

Raquel Saavedra Salvador (born May 11, 1981 in Barcelona) is a vision impaired S11/B1 swimmer from Spain.

Richard Samworth

Hall, P., Park, B. U. and Samworth, R. J. (2008), Choice of neighbour order in nearest-neighbour classification, Ann.

Salinan

Sapir included it in a subfamily of Hokan, along with Chumash and Seri; this classification has found its way into more recent encyclopedias and presentations of language families, but serious supporting evidence has never been presented.

Seoul Lite

Six through eight-star hotels would have been located on the 108th-130th floors, surpassing the Park Hyatt Hotel (79th-93rd floors) in the Shanghai World Financial Center, as the highest hotel rooms in the world.

Sial tribe

Following the introduction of the Punjab Land Alienation Act in 1900, the authorities of the Raj classified the Sials who inhabited the Punjab as an "agricultural tribe", a term that was administratively synonymous with the "martial race" classification that was used for the purposes of determining the suitability of a person as a recruit to the British Indian Army.

SITC

Standard International Trade Classification, a classification of goods used to classify the exports and imports of a country to enable comparing different countries and years

Team classification in the Tour de France

When Lance Armstrong lost hopes of winning the 2010 Tour de France, he instructed his team mates to keep an eye on their main rivals for the team classification, and his Team RadioShack won the team classification.

The Liv-ex Bordeaux Classification

Among the chief differences from the 1885 classification is the placement of Château La Mission Haut-Brion among the First Growths, Château Lynch-Bages elevated from the fifth tier to the second, Château Palmer promoted a tier to become the top Second Growth.

The Lovers' Guide

While the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) granted the title an 18 certificate, which would normally be a license for general UK distribution, this was technically merely advisory and the producer, Robert Page, faced charges of obscenity, which were subsequently dropped.

Thematic image

Thematic images are usually image products of classification processing of multispectral images of the earth surface.

Valentin Porcișteanu

Before running in the Romanian National Rally Championship, Valentin Porcisteanul competed in the Romanian Hill Climb Championship, obtaining two podiums in Abrud Hill Climb 2003 (3rd place, young drivers' classification) and Brasov Hill Climb 2003 (3rd place, Class N1.6).

Wilhelm Ebel

In March 1949 he was able to have his classification reduced to that of Mitläufer (fellow traveler), but he had meanwhile been succeeded in his professorship by Hans Thieme.


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