discriminative
UK/dɪs'krɪmɪnətɪv/US/dis'kriminәtiv/
C2
Definitions
adj.
Able to distinguish between things; making distinctions
有辨别能力的；能区分的
Root Breakdown
Root-deriveddiscriminat(e)not, apart, away
+
-iveaccusation, crime, judgment
=discriminative
discriminate (distinguish sense) + -ive (tending to) = tending to distinguish. Mainly technical (e.g. a discriminative model in statistics). See discriminate.
Example Sentences
- 1.
The test uses discriminative features to separate the two classes.