classifier
Pronunciation
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈklæsɪfaɪɚ/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈklæsɪfaɪə/
Noun

classifier (plural classifiers)

  1. Someone who classifies.
  2. (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.
  3. A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density.
  4. (computing) A program or algorithm that classifies.
  5. (object-oriented) Object which creates the class instances.
Translations Translations
  • French: classificateur, mot de mesure
  • German: Zählwort, Zählklassenwort, Zähleinheitswort, Numeralklassifikator, Zahlklassifikator, Klassifikator
  • Portuguese: classificador
  • Russian: классифика́тор
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