classifier
/ˈklæsɪfaɪər/
noun
- A person or thing that sorts items into groups or categories.
- The classifier at the recycling plant separates plastic from metal.
- The library uses a classifier to organize books by subject.
- In machine learning, a classifier is trained to recognize spam emails.
- A word or affix in some languages that indicates the class or type of a noun (e.g., in Chinese or Japanese).
- Learning classifiers is an important part of studying East Asian languages.
- In Mandarin, the classifier '张' is used for flat objects like paper.
- Japanese uses the classifier '本' for long, cylindrical objects.
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