
dimensionality reduction
/daɪˌmenʃəˈnælɪti rɪˈdʌkʃən/
Reducing the number of variables while preserving information
dimensionality reduction in a sentence
“Dimensionality reduction made the dataset manageable for visualization.”
Origin of dimensionality reduction
From Latin dimensio (a measuring), from dimetiri (to measure out)
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