Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts, such as counting, that indicates the semantic class to which an item belongs. For example, hon is used in Japanese in counting long slender objects such as sticks or pencils.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who classifies; one who constructs or applies a system of classification; a taxonomist.
- noun A figure, mark, or symbol used in classifying.
- noun In the Chinese spoken language, one of a number of words that serve to point out which one of several things called by the same name (though differently written) is intended. Also called
numeratives , because of their frequent use after numerals. - noun In ore concentration and milling, an apparatus for subdividing ore-pulp, according to the size and density of the mineral articles, in moving currents.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who classifies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who
classifies . - noun linguistics A
word ormorpheme used in somelanguages (such asJapanese andAmerican Sign Language ), in certaincontexts (such ascounting ), to indicate thesemantic class to which somethingbelongs . - noun A
machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs
- noun a person who creates classifications
Etymologies
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Examples
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“We had a computer learning algorithm on which we built our name classifier.”
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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“We had a computer learning algorithm on which we built our name classifier.”
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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Large-scale unlabeled video samples are assumed to arrive consecutively in batches with an initial pre-labeled training set, based on which a preliminary multi-label classifier is built.
MSDN Blogs 2008
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I know it may not have been intended that way, but the classifier was always used.
Waldo Jaquith - Linwood Duncan quits working for Goode. 2008
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Supervised Multiclass Labeling SML is a new content-based image retrieval program being developed that will have a trainable "classifier".
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To respond to that challenge, we recently launched a redesigned document-level classifier that makes it harder for spammy on-page content to rank highly.
Google promises searchers less spam, fewer content-farm results Rob Pegoraro 2011
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The new classifier is better at detecting spam on individual web pages, e.g., repeated spammy words--the sort of phrases you tend to see in junky, automated, self-promoting blog comments.
Google Tries To Snuff Out Spam, Content Farms With New Changes The Huffington Post 2011
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Google's changes--which include a new document-level classifier, as well as better ways of detecting hacked websites and soliciting feedback from users--take aim at "webspam" as well as content farms--"sites with shallow or low-quality content," in Google's words.
Google Tries To Snuff Out Spam, Content Farms With New Changes The Huffington Post 2011
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But to complicate matters, there is the GenderAnalyzer, a software program that uses a text classifier, trained on blogs written by men and women, to determine whether a blog has been written by a man or a woman.
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The new classifier is better at detecting spam on individual web pages, e.g., repeated spammy words -- the sort of phrases you tend to see in junky, automated, self-promoting blog comments.
Google promises searchers less spam, fewer content-farm results Rob Pegoraro 2011
Logophile77 commented on the word classifier
In ASL, a classifier is a hand movement with a handshape. It is typically used to describe an object's properties, or to describe an action. It is not a sign, because it does not simply refer to an noun or verb or the like, nor is it recognized or regulated as a sign by anyone.
May 3, 2018