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grouping, vbl. n.|ˈgruːpɪŋ|
[f. as grouper + -ing1.]
a. The action of placing in groups, a manner in which things are grouped.
1748Anson's Voy. iii. x. 412 Their painters..rarely succeeding..in the grouping of large compositions. 1813Examiner 26 Apr. 266/1 Faculties of combination and grouping, equal to those of Newton. 1822Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) II. vii. 144 He [Lord Byron] has no spirit of dialogue—no beauty in his groupings. 1851Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. xxxv. 270 Mountains, whose tops shot heavenward in fantastic forms and groupings. 1869J. Martineau Ess. II. 149 The grouping of its objects..is materially changed. 1883Law Times 10 Nov. 21/1 A similar effect is produced by the grouping of counties for the purposes of an assize. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXX. 256/1 One of the most useful distinctions for lighthouses consists in the grouping of two or more flashes separated by short intervals of darkness, the group being succeeded by a longer eclipse. 1931Economist 15 Aug. 315/2 This shows that the position of the railways, when ‘grouping’ was achieved in 1923, was particularly difficult. 1958J. A. Barlow Elem. Rifle Shooting (ed. 5) i. 2 Provided it [sc. a rifle] satisfies grouping requirements, anything else about it that may not be quite up to standard can be altered or rectified quite easily. Ibid. 5, I..tested it [sc. a rifle]..and found that its grouping powers had more or less vanished. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 17 July 423/1 Our new international, continental groupings clash. Inside the same religion, political philosophy, or system of thought there are bitter clashes.
b. = blood grouping (blood n. 21).
1907Jrnl. Infectious Dis. IV. 298 The exceptions to Landsteiner's grouping are given in heavy type. Ibid. 299 There is no striking alteration in the agglutinative grouping of the blood of persons suffering with various diseases. 1921Jrnl. Immunol. VI. 363 In 1908 while working on the relation of the isoagglutination to blood transfusion, I noticed that the groupings were hereditary. 1957Encycl. Brit. XI. 495/2 In the ABO system, which is very important in blood transfusion, there are four classes of individuals, O, A, B and AB, the grouping being based on certain agglutination reactions. 1968‘C. Aird’ Henrietta Who? xvi. 152 ‘I've done a grouping.’ ‘Yes, doctor?’ ‘The girl's group O.’ |
