cross-classification

n. the placing of observations or individuals into classes based on the features of two or more variables. More specifically, it is a system of classification used in experimentation in which each person or other sampling unit is assigned to the intersection of a row category and a column category. This is usually carried out by means of a contingency table.

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illumination unit

formerly, the amount of light produced by one foot-candle: now replaced by the lux.