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fine-tuning

fine-tuning is the present participle and gerund of fine-tune.

Meaning of fine-tune

Verb

fine-tune (third-person singular simple present fine-tunes, present participle fine-tuning, simple past and past participle fine-tuned)

  1. (transitive) To make small adjustments to something in order to optimise its performance.
    • Jim fine-tuned the radio until the sound was perfect.
  2. (artificial intelligence) To further train a trained model on a specialised dataset in order to adapt or optimise its performance for a particular task or purpose.

Questions about fine-tuning

What is fine-tuning the present participle and gerund of?
Fine-tuning is the present participle and gerund of fine-tune.

Words near fine-tuning in the dictionary

  1. fine-tune
  2. fine-tuned
  3. fine-tuned universe
  4. fine-tuned universes
  5. fine-tunes
  6. fine-tuning
  7. fineable
  8. Fineberg
  9. Finebergs
  10. fined
  11. Finedon

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