"doctrine of symbols," 1845, from Greek typos (see type (n.)) + -logy. Related: Typological; typologically.

A broad classification scheme of governmental systems.

A mode of biblical interpretation introduced by Saint Paul and developed by Patristic writers as a means of reconciling the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament) and the New Testament. Saint Augustine expr [..]

The study and chronological arrangement of artifacts, such as ceramics or lithics, into different types based on associating similar characteristics. Typing makes a high volume of samples easier to st [..]

(see also Programme genre

A classification of organisms in which members of a taxon are perceived to share intrinsic, essential properties, and variation among organisms is regarded as uninteresting and unimportant. Back to PAE Glossary

noun. any study of a specific classification of phenomena into categories based upon typical traits of a personality.

A descriptive, categorical scheme that may serve as the foundation for data coding or data analysis in a qualitative study. The types or categories comprising a typology should be mutually exclusive ¿ [..]

(n) classification according to general type

A way of interpreting the bible that sees correspondences between the Old Testament and New Testament by interpreting events of the Old Testament as pre-figuring (or foreshadowing) events in the life of Christ.  For example, Jonah (from the Old Testament) was saved from the belly of a whale, just as Christ was saved from death by his resurrection. [..]

A generalization used to classify things into groups or types according to their characteristics, which do not necessarily apply in every real world example.

Refers to a money laundering method and is a term used by FATF.

A system of classification. In Christian thought, the drawing of parallels between the Old Testament and the New. Typological studies were based on the assumption that Old Testament figures and events [..]

simply means classification according to general type. In practice in photography this often means series of images concerned with repeated examples of the same subject matter. An example would be this work

the systematic organization of artifacts into types on the basis of shared attributes.

the classification of a group of artifacts into types, and the study of their change through time, to help understand the development of human cultures

A scheme to order multiple types in relational manner. A common typology orders types in a hierarchical manner.

Usually, this is a list of types arising from an analysis aimed at grouping the most commonly related objects around a theme. For example, one might discuss the typology of stone tools. In archaeology [..]

The description of the grammatical structure of language independently of genetic relationships. There are many commonalities between languages which result from morphological principles so that this [..]

(see also Programme genre

The study and interpretation of types. A typology provides the framework to group  water bodies into appropriate types (streams, rivers, lakes, etc.). A stream typology covers all stream types encount [..]

The study of and the chronological arrangement of projectile points and other lithic artifacts into separated types..

A way of organising artifacts based on the shared characteristics like shape size and material. U V

the systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics (archaeology) the result of the classification of things according to their characteristics (lin [..]

Typology is the study of types. Typology may refer to: Typology (anthropology), division of culture by races Typology (archaeology), classification of artifacts according to their characteristics Typ [..]

Typology in Christian theology and Biblical exegesis is a doctrine or theory concerning the relationship of the Old Testament to the New Testament. Events, persons, or statements in the Old Testame [..]

In archaeology a typology is the result of the classification of things according to their physical characteristics. The products of the classification, i.e. the classes, are also called types. Most a [..]

Typology (in urban planning and architecture) is the taxonomic classification of (usually physical) characteristics commonly found in buildings and urban places, according to their association with di [..]

Typology is a composite measure that involves the classification of observations in terms of their attributes on multiple variables. Such classification is usually done on a nominal scale.An example o [..]