Word of the Day

Friday, August 7, 2026

F1 score

F1 score

/ˌef ˈwʌn ˌskɔːr/

The harmonic mean of precision and recall

The F1 score balances precision and recall into a single metric.

Etymology — Named `F1` as the first F-score or F-measure; `F` from F-measure, a weighted harmonic mean