Definition of Classifier

1. Noun. A person who creates classifications.

Generic synonyms: Thinker
Derivative terms: Classify, Classify

2. Noun. A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs.
Generic synonyms: Word, Morpheme
Derivative terms: Classify

Definition of Classifier

1. n. One who classifies.

Definition of Classifier

1. Noun. Someone who classifies. ¹

2. Noun. (linguistics) 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. ¹

3. Noun. A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Classifier

1. [n -S]

Literary usage of Classifier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text Book of Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1909)
"When computing the area of the sorting column for a classifier as explained in line 9 of the Key to the computation of the four-spigot vortex classifier it ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"A Combined Hydraulic and Mechanical classifier BY MOF ... Formerly a one-spigot Richards vortex classifier had been used to accomplish this separation, ..."

3. Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1906)
"Richards-Coggin Hydraulic classifier 391 235a to 235c. ... Yeatman classifier 399 240o to 240c. No. 1 Hydraulic classifier at Mill 22 399 241a to 242c. No. ..."

4. A Comparative Grammar of the South African Bantu Languages: Comprising Those by J. Torrend (1891)
"Here again Herero distinguishes itself by allowing an article to stand after the locative classifier. Hence the forms KE = KU-E, and KO=KU-O. 2. ..."

5. Transactions by Metallurgical Society of AIME. (1917)
"Formerly a one-spigot Richards vortex classifier had been used to accomplish this separation, but the tangential openings through which the hydraulic water ..."

6. Statistics and Science: A Festschrift for Terry Speed by Darlene Renee Goldstein, Terry Speed (2003)
"EW: This is a classifier based on the ratio of between-class sum of squares to ... This classifier is applicable to multi-type classification problems. ..."

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