Typology is the study of types or the systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics. Typology is the act of finding, counting and classification facts with the help of eyes, other senses and logic. Typology may refer to:
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Typology (anthropology), division of culture by races
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Typology (archaeology), classification of artefacts according to their characteristics
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Typology (linguistics), study and classification of languages according to their structural features
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Morphological typology
Morphological typology is a way of classifying the languages of the world (see linguistic typology) that groups languages according to their common morphological structures. The field organizes languages on the basis of how those languages for ...
, a method of classifying languages
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Typology (psychology), a model of personality types
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Psychological typologies
Psychological typologies are classifications used by psychologists to describe the distinctions between people. The problem of finding the essential basis for the classification of psychological types—that is, the basis of determining a broade ...
, classifications used by psychologists to describe the distinctions between people
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Typology (statistics), a concept in statistics, research design and social sciences
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Typology (theology), in Christian theology, the interpretation of some figures and events in the Old Testament as foreshadowing the New Testament
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Typology (urban planning and architecture)
Typology is the study and classification of object types. In urban planning and architecture, typology refers to the task of identifying and grouping buildings and urban spaces according to the similarity of their essential characteristics.
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, the classification of characteristics common to buildings or urban spaces
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Building typology
Building typology refers to the study and documentation of buildings according to their essential characteristics. In architectural discourse typological classification tends to focus on building function (use), building form, or architectural sty ...
, relating to buildings and architecture
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Farm typology The USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) has developed a farm typology, or farm classification, that divides the 2.1 million U.S. farms into 8 mutually exclusive and relatively homogeneous groups:
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, farm classification by the USDA
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Sociopolitical typology, four types, or levels, of a political organization
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The Bechers' photographic typologies
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Blanchard's transsexualism typology
Blanchard's transsexualism typology is a proposed psychological typology of gender dysphoria, transsexualism, and fetishistic transvestism, created by sexologist Ray Blanchard through the 1980s and 1990s, building on the work of prior researchers, ...
, a controversial classification of
transwomen
A trans woman or a transgender woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women have a female gender identity, may experience gender dysphoria, and may transition; this process commonly includes hormone replacement therapy and so ...
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Johnson's Typology, a classification of intimate partner violence (IPV)
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Topology (disambiguation) Topology is a branch of mathematics concerned with geometric properties preserved under continuous deformation (stretching without tearing or gluing).
Topology may also refer to:
Math
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Type (disambiguation)
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Typification, a process of creating standard (''typical'') social construction based on standard assumptions
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Typology of Greek vase shapes, classification of Greek vases
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Typography
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