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classifiers

classifiers is the plural of classifier.

Meaning of classifier

Noun

classifier (plural classifiers)

  1. Someone who classifies.
    • He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler.1995, Leonard Shengold, Delusions of Everyday Life, page 39
  2. A word or morpheme used in some languages (such as CJKV languages and sign languages), in certain contexts (such as counting), to indicate the semantic class to which something belongs.
  3. A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density.
  4. A program or algorithm that classifies.
  5. (object-oriented programming) A metaclass used to group other entities having common features.
    • A classifier can have several types of extra information attached to it via a UML mechanism called adornments.2005, Dan Pilone, Neil Pitman, UML 2.0 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, page 9

Phrases with classifiers

Questions about classifiers

What is classifiers the plural of?
Classifiers is the plural of classifier.

Words near classifiers in the dictionary

  1. classified ads
  2. classified advertisement
  3. classified advertisements
  4. classifieds
  5. classifier
  6. classifiers
  7. classifies
  8. classify
  9. classifying
  10. classifying morphism
  11. classifying morphisms

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