classifier

[klas-uh-fahy-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that classifies.

2. a device for separating solids of different characteristics by controlled rates of settling.

3. Grammar.,  (in Chinese, Japanese, and other languages) a word or morpheme that corresponds to a semantic class of nouns and regularly accompanies any noun of that class in certain syntactic constructions, such as those of numeration.

Word History and Origins

Origin of classifier¹

First recorded in 1810–20; classify + -er ¹

Example Sentences

"My team is currently developing a tear-protein-based classifier that can differentiate brain cancer patients from healthy volunteers with high levels of accuracy," she said.

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An algorithm known as a classifier automatically categorizes content, allowing Character.AI to identify words that might violate its rules and filter conversations.

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They plug the generative model into standard statistical formulas to directly construct a classifier instead of learning it from samples, as was done with discriminative approaches.

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The chatbot responds, and a safety classifier rates the toxicity of its response, rewarding the red-team model based on that rating.

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The team then let the robot carry out the scooping task on its own, using the newly learned grounding classifiers.

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