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classifier
- /ˈklæsɪfaɪɚ/ US
- /ˈklæsɪfaɪə/ UK
noun classifiers
- Someone who classifies. He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler.
- A word or morpheme used in some languages (such as CJKV languages and sign languages), in certain contexts (such as counting), to indicate the semantic class to which something belongs.
- A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density.
- A program or algorithm that classifies.
- A metaclass used to group other entities having common features. A classifier can have several types of extra information attached to it via a UML mechanism called adornments.
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noun OOP: class which classifies other classes by features
| Français | classifieur |
|---|
noun someone who classifies
| Português | classificador |
|---|---|
| Français | classificateur |
| العربية | مُصَنِّف muṣannif, مُصَنِّفَة muṣannifa, مُصَنِّفُون muṣannifūn, مُصَنِّفِين muṣannifīn, مُصَنِّفَيْن muṣannifayn, مُصَنِّفَان muṣannifān |
noun computing: a program or algorithm that classifies
| Français | classifieur |
|---|
noun (linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class
| 한국어 | 수분류사 subullyusa, 양수사 yangsusa |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 助数詞 josūshi, 類別詞 ruibetsushi, 量詞 ryōshi |
| 中文 | 量詞 /量词 liàngcí |
| Português | classificador |
| Français | classificateur, mot de mesure |
| Deutsch | Zählwort, Zählklassenwort, Zähleinheitswort, Numeralklassifikator, Zahlklassifikator, Klassifikator |
| Русский | классифика́тор klassifikátor, счётное сло́во sčótnoje slóvo |
| Tiếng Việt | loại từ, danh từ loại thể, danh từ chỉ đơn vị tự nhiên |
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@misc{classifier_2026,
title = {classifier},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/classifier},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
