disambiguating

The head-neck system is of particular interest in insects (which have fixed eyes), because the entire head must be stabilised during movement to overcome visual problems, such as disambiguating rotational from translational optic flow

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010

But another way to understand it is that it's the first generally available way of disambiguating identity.

The New Online Wars 2011

But another way to understand it is that it's the first generally available way of disambiguating identity.

The New Online Wars 2011

Facebook is "the first generally available way of disambiguating identity," he said.

Face-ID Tools Pose New Risk Julia Angwin 2011

So that brings us back to the question, how do engines disambiguating intent without us giving it any more information to work with at the point of query?

Internet News: Search Engines Archives 2010

While there are some users who feel comfortable with putting the time in to refine their query and help the engine with the task of disambiguating intent, the majority of us don't want to make that big an investment.

Internet News: Search Engines Archives 2010

Why is such disambiguating language wholly absent from the marriage discrimination amendment?

The Volokh Conspiracy » Prop 8 decision Tuesday: 2009

Dave's Long Box reader Paul rightly pointed out that the dialogue in the first entry actually served a legitimate disambiguating purpose.

The Redundant Dialogue Files: "Attacking me!" David Campbell 2008

Dave's Long Box reader Paul rightly pointed out that the dialogue in the first entry actually served a legitimate disambiguating purpose.

Archive 2008-02-01 David Campbell 2008

It turns out that date of birth, which (unlike birthday month and day alone) sorts people into thousands of different buckets, is incredibly valuable in disambiguating people.

Why 'Anonymous' Data Sometimes Isn't 2007