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summarization

 

[ sษ™หŒmษ›rษชหˆzeษชสƒษ™n ]

Noun
Context #1 | Noun

data processing

Summarization is the process of reducing a text to its key information. It involves identifying the main ideas and important details, condensing them into a shorter form while preserving the essence of the original content.

Synonyms

abridgment, summarizing, synopsis

Examples of usage

  • Automatic summarization tools can help extract important information from large documents.
  • Summarization can be useful for quickly understanding the main points of a long article or report.
Context #2 | Noun

education

Summarization refers to the act of summarizing or providing a brief overview of a topic or text. It helps students grasp the main points and key details of a subject or lesson.

Synonyms

abstract, digest, summary

Examples of usage

  • The teacher asked the students to write a summarization of the chapter they had just read.
  • Effective summarization skills are essential for academic success.
Context #3 | Noun

machine learning

In the context of machine learning, summarization is the task of generating a concise and coherent summary of a text document. It can be done through extractive methods (selecting and combining important sentences) or abstractive methods (generating new sentences).

Synonyms

summarization algorithm, summarizing, text summarization

Examples of usage

  • Text summarization models like BERT and GPT-3 have shown impressive results in generating summaries.
  • Summarization is a key component of natural language processing tasks.

Translations

Translations of the word "summarization" in other languages:

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น resumo

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ เคธเคพเคฐเคพเค‚เคถ

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Zusammenfassung

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ ringkasan

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ั€ะตะทัŽะผะต

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ streszczenie

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ่ฆ็ด„ (ใ‚ˆใ†ใ‚„ใ)

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท rรฉsumรฉ

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ resumen

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท รถzet

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท ์š”์•ฝ (์š”์•ฝ)

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ู…ู„ุฎุต

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ shrnutรญ

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ zhrnutie

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๆ€ป็ป“ (zว’ngjiรฉ)

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ povzetek

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ samantekt

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ า›ะพั€ั‹ั‚ั‹ะฝะดั‹

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช แƒ แƒ”แƒ–แƒ˜แƒฃแƒ›แƒ”

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ xรผlasษ™

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ resumen

Etymology

The term 'summarization' originated from the verb 'summarize', which dates back to the late 18th century. The suffix '-ation' is added to the verb 'summarize' to form the noun 'summarization', indicating the process or result of summarizing. Over time, with the increasing volume of information and the need for efficient information retrieval, the concept of summarization has gained significance in various fields such as data processing, education, and machine learning.

See also: summarizing.

Word Frequency Rank

At rank #28,584, this word represents specialized academic or technical vocabulary. It's less frequently encountered but may be valuable in specific contexts.