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

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery