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recognizer

recognizer noun: a person, device, or software algorithm that recognizes.

Noun

recognizer (plural recognizers)

  1. A person, device, or software algorithm that recognizes.
    • If we drive to work, a face recognizer installed in the car will decide whether to authorize our usage of the vehicle[…]2005, Stan Z. Li, Anil K. Jain, Handbook of face recognition, page 388
    • The microphone signal was fed to a custom-made, real-time song recognizer that detected the first stereotypic syllable of song motifs using a two-layer neural network trained on spectrotemporal song data.2008 November 12, Georg B. Keller, Richard H. R. Hahnloser, “Neural processing of auditory feedback during vocal practice in a songbird”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7226, →DOI

Forms of recognizer

pluralrecognizers

Origin of recognizer

From recognize + -er.

Words formed from recognizer

Questions about recognizer

What does recognizer mean?
Recognizer means a person, device, or software algorithm that recognizes.
What part of speech is recognizer?
Recognizer is a noun.
What is the plural of recognizer?
The plural of recognizer is recognizers.

Words near recognizer in the dictionary

  1. recognized component
  2. recognized components
  3. recognizedly
  4. recognizee
  5. recognizees
  6. recognizer
  7. recognizers
  8. recognizes
  9. recognizin'
  10. recognizing
  11. recognizingly

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