"categorized in terms of" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is a phrase used to describe how something is organized or classified according to certain criteria or categories. Example: The books in the library are categorized in terms of genre, making it easier for readers to find what they are looking for.
These works may be categorized in terms of the intuitive organizational principles preferred by Aristotle.
They are categorized in terms of a differentiated appearance under a microscope.
Typical technical issues associated with FLNG design are categorized in terms of global performance evaluation.
Broadly speaking, biomarkers can be categorized in terms of disease, mechanism or outcome.
In the data extraction, the articles were categorized in terms of their content and type.
A remanufactured products or component is categorized in terms of two states viz., working or failed.
Several methods of categorizing dermal fillers exist, but for a discussion of dermal filler complications it is perhaps most useful to categorize in terms of biodegradable (moderate and long duration) versus nonbiodegradable fillers, and in terms of particulate versus nonparticulate fillers (Table 1).
While formal and material category systems each form a hierarchy (1913/1962, 64), considered jointly their categories are not mutually exclusive, since one and the same entity may be categorized either in terms of its material nature or its form.
Similarly, on using the patient-based VAS, there was a significant difference between each and its immediate neighbour suggesting that the EHRA score effectively categorized patients in terms of their own assessment of their health state.
For instance, instead of categorizing bulbs in terms of watts, a measure of power, shoppers will speak of lumens, a measure of the light that bulbs cast.
For example, a traditional school budget would categorize expenditures in terms of teachers, books, and buildings; what came out of the process would be left to the reader's intuition or experience.
