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  2. Tropical cyclone scales - Wikipedia

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    The scale used for a particular tropical cyclone depends on what basin the system is located in; with for example the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale and the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scales both used in the Western Hemisphere. All of the scales rank tropical cyclones using their maximum sustained winds, which are either ...

  3. Saffir–Simpson scale - Wikipedia

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    Saffir–Simpson scale, 1-minute maximum sustained winds. The Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale ( SSHWS) classifies hurricanes —which in the Western Hemisphere are tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms —into five categories distinguished by the intensities of their sustained winds.

  4. Fitzpatrick scale - Wikipedia

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    Fitzpatrick scale. The Fitzpatrick scale (also Fitzpatrick skin typing test; or Fitzpatrick phototyping scale) is a numerical classification schema for human skin color. It was developed in 1975 by American dermatologist Thomas B. Fitzpatrick as a way to estimate the response of different types of skin to ultraviolet (UV) light. [2]

  5. Level of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Level of measurement. Level of measurement or scale of measure is a classification that describes the nature of information within the values assigned to variables. [1] Psychologist Stanley Smith Stevens developed the best-known classification with four levels, or scales, of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.

  6. Emotion classification - Wikipedia

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    Emotion classification, the means by which one may distinguish or contrast one emotion from another, is a contested issue in emotion research and in affective science. Researchers have approached the classification of emotions from one of two fundamental viewpoints: [citation needed] that emotions are discrete and fundamentally different constructs

  7. Categorization - Wikipedia

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    Categorization is a type of cognition involving conceptual differentiation between characteristics of conscious experience, such as objects, events, or ideas.It involves the abstraction and differentiation of aspects of experience by sorting and distinguishing between groupings, through classification or typification on the basis of traits, features, similarities or other criteria that are ...

  8. Bloom's taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Bloom's taxonomy is a set of three hierarchical models used for classification of educational learning objectives into levels of complexity and specificity. The three lists cover the learning objectives in cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains. The cognitive domain list has been the primary focus of most traditional education and is ...

  9. Classified information in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Step 3 in the classification process is to assign a reason for the classification. Classification categories are marked by the number "1.4" followed by one or more letters (a) to (h): 1.4(a) military plans, weapons systems, or operations; 1.4(b) foreign government information; 1.4(c) intelligence activities, sources, or methods, or cryptology;