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(systematics) An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies]] (shared derived characteristics) only, and not upon [[symplesiomorhy, symplesiomorphies (shared ancestral characteristics).

* 1991 , Warren W. Burggren, William E. Bemis, Physiological Evolution: Paradigms and Pitfalls'', Matthew H. Nitecki, Doris V. Nitecki (editors), ''Evolutionary Innovations , page 210,

Here we suggest emphasis on the techniques of cladistics (Eldredge and Cracraft 1980; Wiley 1981; Coddington 1988) because they provide a clear means of organizing phylogenetic information in branching diagrams.

* 1992 , , The Diversity of Life , page 153,

The construction of branching patterns to map evolutionary change is called cladistics'', and the devising of higher classifications (genus and up) to conform with the results of cladistics''' is called ''phylogenetic systematics''.' Cladistics does allow us to judge which species are most likely to share a common ancestor, validating their placement in the same genus or family or higher taxon.

* 2001', Clare Bates Congdon, ''Gaphyl: A Genetic Algorithms Approach to '''Cladistics'' , Luc de Raedt, Arno Siebes (editors), ''Principles of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery: 5th European Conference PKDD 2001 , Volume 5, Springer, LNAI 2168, page 67,

This research investigates the use of genetic algorithms to solve problems from cladistics — a technique used by biologists to hypothesize the relationships between organisms.

Noun

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The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.

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* 1997 : Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault , page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)

I’m using mathesis' — a universal science of '''measurement''' and '''order''' …
And there is also '''taxinomia''' a principle of ''''''classification'''''' and ordered '''tabulation'''.
Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …
Western reason had entered the ' age of judgement .