Polychotomy

For other uses, see polytomy.

Polychotomy (päl′i kät′ə mē; plural polychotomies) is a division or separation into many parts or classes which are static and not temporally dependent due to evolution. Polychotomy can be thought of as a generalization of dichotomy, which is a polychotomy of exactly two parts.

See also

Polychotomous key

References

• Polychotomy in Your Dictionary

Examples of Usage

• Another Approach to Polychotomous Classification
• Polyclass: polychotomous regression and multiple classification
• The Development of a Hierarchical Polychotomous ADL-IADL Scale for Noninstitutionalized Elders
• Probabilistic Forecasting - A Primer
• Structured polychotomous machine diagnosis of multiple cancer types using gene expression