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overparameterize

verb

Etymology

From over- + parameterize.

  1. derived from παρα-
  2. derived from parametrum
  3. borrowed from paramètre
  4. suffixed as parameterize — “parameter + ize”
  5. prefixed as overparameterize — “over + parameterize”

Definitions

  1. To use an excessive number of parameters.

  2. To increase the degree of the line of best fit to the point that the fit of the line…

    To increase the degree of the line of best fit to the point that the fit of the line decreases.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overparameterize. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA