Associations to the word «Typology»

Wiktionary

TYPOLOGY, noun. The systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
TYPOLOGY, noun. (archaeology) the result of the classification of things according to their characteristics
TYPOLOGY, noun. (linguistics) classification of languages according to their linguistic trait (as opposed to historical families like romance languages)

Dictionary definition

TYPOLOGY, noun. Classification according to general type.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley