Crossword clues for classifier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Classifier \Clas"si*fi`er\, n. One who classifies.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Someone who classify. 2 (context linguistics English) A word or morpheme used in some languages (such as Japanese and American Sign Language), in certain contexts (such as counting), to indicate the semantic class to which something belongs. 3 A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density
WordNet
n. a person who creates classifications
a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class in which an item belongs
Wikipedia
A classifier ( abbreviated or ), sometimes called a counter word, is a word or affix that is used to accompany nouns and can be considered to "classify" the noun depending on the type of its referent. Classifiers play an important role in the grammar of certain languages, especially East Asian languages, including Chinese and Japanese. In European languages classifiers are absent or marginal; an example of a word that may be considered to have the function of a classifier in English is head in phrases like "five head of cattle".
In languages that have classifiers, they are often used when the noun is being counted, that is, when it appears with a numeral. In such languages, a phrase such as "three people" is often required to be expressed as "three X (of) people", where X is a classifier appropriate to the noun for "people". Classifiers sometimes have other functions too; in Chinese they are commonly used when a noun is preceded by a demonstrative (word meaning "this" or "that"). Chinese classifiers are also commonly called measure words, although some writers make a distinction between the two terms.
Classifier handshapes appear in some sign languages; these may have a somewhat different grammatical function.
Certain parallels can be drawn between classifier systems and noun classes, although there are significant differences. Languages with classifiers may have up to several hundred different classifiers, whereas those with noun classes (or in particular, genders) tend to have a smaller number of classes, not always much dependent on the nouns' meaning, and with a variety of grammatical consequences.
Classifier may refer to:
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Classifier (linguistics), or measure word, especially in East Asian languages
- Classifier handshape, in sign languages
- Classifier (UML), in software engineering
- An algorithm for statistical classification, e.g.:
- Hierarchical classifier
- Linear classifier
- An air classifier or similar machine for sorting or mechanical screening of materials by size, shape, density, etc.
A classifier is a category of Unified Modeling Language (UML) elements that have some common features, such as attributes or methods.
A classifier is an abstract metaclass classification concept that serves as a mechanism to show interfaces, classes, datatypes and components.
A classifier describes a set of instances that have common behavioral and structural features ( operations and attributes, respectively).
A classifier is a namespace whose members can specify a generalization hierarchy by referencing its general classifiers.
A classifier is a type and can own generalizations, thereby making it possible to define generalization relationships to other classifiers.
A classifier is a redefinable element, as it is possible to redefine nested classifiers.
All objects that can have instances are classifiers.
Usage examples of "classifier".
It was enough to drive the most ingenious classifier of the upper regions out of his mind, and to upset all his received ideas about botany.
The lord, the lady, and each man, save the friar, Agreed that Jenkin spoke, as classifier, As well as Euclid or as Ptolemy.
Chapter 38 A Sharp Business Practice Henry Mayhew, the great observer, reformer, and classifier of Victorian society, once listed the various types of criminals in England.
These were used as classifiers in a sense unknown to the pristine speakers.
He was forever extolling the hunters and field-observers of living animals' habits, and keeping up a fire of invective against the 'closet-naturalists,' as he called them, the collectors and classifiers, and handlers of skeletons and skins.
Spectrometers say plenty of oxygen, classifiers say eighteen percent land cover, forty percent water, forty-two percent swamps, imagers say three main continents, four mountain ranges but nothin' higher than a kilometer, no polar caps.