1. classification according to more than one attribute at the same time; - Example: "the cross-classification of cases was done by age and sex" [syn: cross-classification, cross-division]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cross-classification
n 1: classification according to more than one attribute at the
same time; "the cross-classification of cases was done by
age and sex" [syn: cross-classification, cross-
division]