Category

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-001735",
  "term": "Category",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A kind of nominal property that names a group of such properties, whose possible values are labels with no relation to size. The ABO blood group is an example, with the values A, B, AB and O. It differs from a quantity, which has magnitude, and from an ordinal property, whose values can be ranked.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "see_also": [
    "kind-of-nominal-property",
    "nominal property",
    "nominal property value set",
    "nominal property value"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2018, 90, 913. 'Vocabulary on nominal property, examination, and related concepts for clinical laboratory sciences (IFCC-IUPAC Recommendations 2017)' on page 916 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2011-0613)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/category/"
}