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overparameterize

overparameterize verb: to use an excessive number of parameters.

Verb

overparameterize (third-person singular simple present overparameterizes, present participle overparameterizing, simple past and past participle overparameterized)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To use an excessive number of parameters.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To increase the degree of the line of best fit to the point that the fit of the line decreases.

Forms of overparameterize

third-person singular presentoverparameterizes
present participleoverparameterizing
past participleoverparameterized
pastoverparameterized
alternative formoverparameterise

Origin of overparameterize

From over- + parameterize.

Questions about overparameterize

What does overparameterize mean?
Overparameterize means to use an excessive number of parameters.
What part of speech is overparameterize?
Overparameterize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overparameterize?
The past tense of overparameterize is overparameterized.

Words near overparameterize in the dictionary

  1. overparameterised
  2. overparameterises
  3. overparameterising
  4. overparameterization
  5. overparameterizations
  6. overparameterize
  7. overparameterized
  8. overparameterizes
  9. overparameterizing
  10. overparametrisation
  11. overparametrization

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