perplexity
Pronunciation: /pəˈplɛksɪti/
The English word “perplexity” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- The state or quality of being perplexed.
- Something that perplexes.
- A measure of the accuracy with which a probability distribution or model predicts a sample.
Etymology
From Middle English perplexite, borrowed from Middle French perplexité or post-classical Latin perplexitās, from perplexus (“entangled”). By surface analysis, perplex + -ity.
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