overfit

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- An analysis which corresponds too closely or exactly to a particular set of data.


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Origin:
1970s; earliest use found in Statistician. From overfit


[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Designating or relating to a stream which, on the basis of its current flow, would have eroded a larger valley than it occupies.


Phrases:

Origin:
early 20th century. From over- + fit, after misfit


[], (Verb)

Definitions:
- To produce or represent an analysis which corresponds too closely or exactly to (a particular set of data); to make (a model) fit a particular set of data too precisely. Also without object: to provide too close a fit.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century (in an earlier sense). From over- + fit




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