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interpretability

interpretability noun: the ability to be interpreted.

Noun

interpretability (countable and uncountable, plural interpretabilities)

  1. The ability to be interpreted.
    • Data collection, of course, has to comply with specific constraints that guarantee the causal interpretability of that data.2008 August 1, Michael Baumgartner, “The Causal Chain Problem”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI
    • MIT researchers are striving to improve the interpretability of features so decision makers will be more comfortable using the outputs of machine-learning models.2022 June 30, Adam Zewe, “Building explainability into the components of machine-learning models”, in MIT News

Forms of interpretability

pluralinterpretabilities

Origin of interpretability

From interpretable + -ity.

Words formed from interpretability

Questions about interpretability

What does interpretability mean?
Interpretability means the ability to be interpreted.
What part of speech is interpretability?
Interpretability is a noun.
What is the plural of interpretability?
The plural of interpretability is interpretabilities.

Words near interpretability in the dictionary

  1. interpremolar
  2. interpresentation
  3. interpret
  4. interpret away
  5. interpretabilities
  6. interpretability
  7. interpretable
  8. interpretableness
  9. interpretably
  10. interpretament
  11. interpretaments

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