machine learning

[muh-sheen lur-ning]

noun

Computers, Digital Technology.

1. the capacity of a computer to process and evaluate data beyond programmed algorithms, through contextualized inference (often used attributively).

machine learning

noun

1. a branch of artificial intelligence in which a computer generates rules underlying or based on raw data that has been fed into it

Word History and Origins

Origin of machine learning¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Just one of 10 large U.S. container ports surveyed by the Government Accountability Office had deployed driverless vehicles as of mid-2023, while only five were using AI and machine learning.

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The system uses machine learning to analyze millions of immune-cell receptors—the molecular fingerprints left as the body responds to threats—and detect patterns linked to autoimmune activity.

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By applying machine learning to classify full-throated roars, the research team advanced the ability to distinguish individual lions.

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After the social media wars, the algorithm and machine learning wars, and the A.I. wars, we’re headed toward the space data-center wars, in which the battle for control will fill the very skies above us.

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The rapid growth of nanotechnology techniques for building catalysts, combined with machine learning tools that can search and analyze vast datasets, has already expanded the catalogue of known catalytic materials.

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