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corpora

/ˈkɔːpəɹə/

Meanings
  • noun

    A large collection of texts or data, often used in linguistics or computer science.

    - "The corpora used in language modeling contain millions of words."
    - "The corpora used in machine translation are bilingual."

Pronunciation
  1. /ˈkɔːpəɹə/



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Synonyms

aggregation , collection , compilation , collection , digital corpus , text corpus
Variants
List of all variants of corpora that leads to same result
corpora , corpus , corpora allata , corpus allatum , corpora callosa , corpus callosum , corpora cardiaca , corpus cardiacum , corpora delicti , corpus delicti , corpora lutea , corpus luteum , corpora striata , corpus striatum
Etymology
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From the Latin 'corpora', meaning 'bodies'. In linguistics and computer science, it refers to a large collection of texts or data.


Trivia
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  1. The first electronic text corpus was created in the late 1950s.

  2. The British National Corpus is one of the largest and most comprehensive English language corpora.


Related Concepts
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  1. Text corpus: A collection of texts used for linguistic analysis.

  2. Machine learning corpus: A collection of data used to train machine learning models.


Culture
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Corpora have been used extensively in various fields, including linguistics, computer science, and literature. In linguistics, corpora are used to study language usage and trends. In computer science, corpora are used to train machine learning models and natural language processing systems.

How to Memorize "corpora"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a large library filled with books. Each book represents a text in the corpus.
    - Visualize the data being processed and analyzed by machines.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'corpora' with 'collection' or 'database'.
    - Think of 'corpora' as a large body of data.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the acronym CORPORA to remember 'Collection Of Resources for Processing Of Research And Analysis'.
    - Think of the word 'corpora' as having the same root as 'corpus', meaning 'body'.


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