categorical

US /ˌkæt̬.əˈɡɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
UK /ˌkæt̬.əˈɡɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
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1.

绝对的, 明确的

without exception or qualification; absolute or explicit

:
He made a categorical denial of the accusations.
断然否认了这些指控。
The answer was a categorical 'no'.
答案是斩钉截铁的“不”。
2.

分类的, 类别的

belonging to a category

:
The data was organized into categorical groups.
数据被组织成分类组。
This is a categorical variable in statistics.
这是统计学中的一个分类变量。