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Vinony

classifier

noun

  1. word or affix that is used to accompany nouns and can be considered to "classify" the noun depending on the type of its referent
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈklæsɪfaɪɚ/ / /ˈklæsɪfaɪə/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English classify Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English classifier From classify + -er.

  1. 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.”

  2. 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.
  3. A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density.
  4. A program or algorithm that classifies.
  5. 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.”

    “The owner scope of a feature specifies whether the feature appears in each instance of the classifier or whether there is just a single instance of the feature for all instances of the classifier.”