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  • adjective Consisting of multiple words.

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multi- +‎ word

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  • Although the IBM group's initiative began more than 20 years ago, it has taken time for computer scientists at IBM and elsewhere to refine those techniques, for computers to become powerful enough to manage the complexity of the many linguistic probabilities such as multiword phrases and idioms and for databases to grow large enough - billions of words in various languages - to provide translations nuanced enough to be usable.

    Google, Yahoo! BabelFish use math principles to translate documents online 2011

  • Although the IBM group's initiative began more than 20 years ago, it has taken time for computer scientists at IBM and elsewhere to refine those techniques, for computers to become powerful enough to manage the complexity of the many linguistic probabilities such as multiword phrases and idioms and for databases to grow large enough - billions of words in various languages - to provide translations nuanced enough to be usable.

    Google, Yahoo! BabelFish use math principles to translate documents online 2011

  • Or perhaps altering the interpretation of multiword “bigrams.”

    In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

  • Or perhaps altering the interpretation of multiword “bigrams.”

    In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

  • Although the IBM group's initiative began more than 20 years ago, it has taken time for computer scientists at IBM and elsewhere to refine those techniques, for computers to become powerful enough to manage the complexity of the many linguistic probabilities such as multiword phrases and idioms and for databases to grow large enough - billions of words in various languages - to provide translations nuanced enough to be usable.

    Google, Yahoo! BabelFish use math principles to translate documents online 2011

  • Although the IBM group's initiative began more than 20 years ago, it has taken time for computer scientists at IBM and elsewhere to refine those techniques, for computers to become powerful enough to manage the complexity of the many linguistic probabilities such as multiword phrases and idioms and for databases to grow large enough - billions of words in various languages - to provide translations nuanced enough to be usable.

    Google, Yahoo! BabelFish use math principles to translate documents online 2011

  • Although the IBM group's initiative began more than 20 years ago, it has taken time for computer scientists at IBM and elsewhere to refine those techniques, for computers to become powerful enough to manage the complexity of the many linguistic probabilities such as multiword phrases and idioms and for databases to grow large enough - billions of words in various languages - to provide translations nuanced enough to be usable.

    Google, Yahoo! BabelFish use math principles to translate documents online 2011

  • “Maybe I am,” I blurt out, finally managing a multiword reply.

    Good-Bye To All That Margo Candela 2010

  • “Maybe I am,” I blurt out, finally managing a multiword reply.

    Good-Bye To All That Margo Candela 2010

  • This multiword poster campaign has been used in the past in movies like Star Wars and Harry Potter.

    NOT Monstrous! Dennis 2007

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