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tf-idf

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
tf-idf
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mathematical approximation to the importance of a particular word in a given piece of text.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of TF-IDF.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Abbreviation of “term frequency over inverse document frequency”.

Usage

Inflected Forms

TF*IDF (alternative) TF.IDF (alternative) TFIDF (alternative)

Questions

What does tf-idf mean?
A mathematical approximation to the importance of a particular word in a given piece of text.
Where does tf-idf come from?
Abbreviation of “term frequency over inverse document frequency”.

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