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profiler

profiler noun: a mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern.

Noun

profiler (plural profilers)

  1. A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern.
  2. A person who creates a profile for something or someone, especially a psychological profile for an unknown criminal.
  3. A device that analyzes something and builds up a profile.
    • a sediment profiler
  4. A software program that measures the performance of different portions of another program in order to locate bottlenecks.
    • […] a complete and intuitive profiler that supports numerous types of profiling modes and profilable applications.2006, Dr. Dobb's Journal

Forms of profiler

pluralprofilers

Plural of profiler: profilers

Origin of profiler

From profile + -er.

Words formed from profiler

Questions about profiler

What does profiler mean?
Profiler means a mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern.
What part of speech is profiler?
Profiler is a noun.
What is the plural of profiler?
The plural of profiler is profilers.

Words near profiler in the dictionary

  1. profile
  2. profile picture
  3. profiled
  4. profilee
  5. profilees
  6. profiler
  7. profilers
  8. profiles
  9. profilin
  10. profiling
  11. profilings

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