classifier
noun
clas·si·fi·er
ˈkla-sə-ˌfī(-ə)r 
1
: one that classifies
specifically
: a machine for sorting out the constituents of a substance (such as ore)
2
: a word or morpheme used with numerals or with nouns designating countable or measurable objects
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These classifiers are specifically targeted to detect the long chains of specific questions that somebody building a bioweapon might try to ask.
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Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 May 2025
There were almost as many racial classifications as racial classifiers because no two scientists could seem to agree on what physical characteristics were best to measure, or how to measure them.
—John P. Jackson, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
At the end of the supervised training, the deep-neural-network classifier proved to be far superior to earlier methods at separating speech from noise.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Dec. 2016
For instance, the task might be to build an ML classifier—a process that could take hours—but the final output is simply a list of the classifier's predictions on a test set.
—Lukas Petersson, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 May 2025
There were almost as many racial classifications as racial classifiers because no two scientists could seem to agree on what physical characteristics were best to measure, or how to measure them.
—John P. Jackson, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
At the end of the supervised training, the deep-neural-network classifier proved to be far superior to earlier methods at separating speech from noise.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Dec. 2016
For instance, the task might be to build an ML classifier—a process that could take hours—but the final output is simply a list of the classifier's predictions on a test set.
—Lukas Petersson, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Classifier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/classifier. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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