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keypoint

keypoint noun: part of a valley where the lower and flatter portion of the primary valley floor suddenly becomes steeper, used in computing a keyline for the efficient planning of water usage.

Noun

keypoint (plural keypoints)

  1. Part of a valley where the lower and flatter portion of the primary valley floor suddenly becomes steeper, used in computing a keyline for the efficient planning of water usage.
  2. An important point in an image, used in computer vision systems when detecting objects etc.
    • We use a deep convolutional neural network within an expectation maximization framework to take advantage of weakly labeled data like image level annotations or keypoint annotations.2016, Abhilash Srikantha, Juergen Gall, “Weakly Supervised Learning of Affordances”, in arXiv
  3. An identifier for a point in time, especially within a digital recording; a timestamp.

Forms of keypoint

pluralkeypoints

Origin of keypoint

From key + point.

Questions about keypoint

What does keypoint mean?
Keypoint means part of a valley where the lower and flatter portion of the primary valley floor suddenly becomes steeper, used in computing a keyline for the efficient planning of water usage.
What part of speech is keypoint?
Keypoint is a noun.
What is the plural of keypoint?
The plural of keypoint is keypoints.

Words near keypoint in the dictionary

  1. keyphones
  2. keyphrase
  3. keyphrases
  4. keyplate
  5. keyplates
  6. keypoint
  7. keypoints
  8. keypress
  9. keypresses
  10. keypunch
  11. keypunched

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