What does Perplexity mean?

Definitions for Perplexity
pərˈplɛk sɪ tiper·plex·i·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. perplexitynoun

    trouble or confusion resulting from complexity

Wiktionary

  1. perplexitynoun

    The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused.

  2. perplexitynoun

    Something that perplexes.

  3. perplexitynoun

    A measurement in information theory.

  4. Etymology: From perplexité or post-classical Latin perplexitas ‘entanglement’, from perplexus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Perplexitynoun

    Etymology: perplexité, Fr.

    The fear of him ever since hath put me into such perplexity, as now you found me. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

    Perplexity not suffering them to be idle, they think and do, as it were, in a phrensy. Richard Hooker, b. v, s. 3.

    The royal virgin, which beheld from far,
    In pensive plight and sad perplexity,
    The whole atchievement of this doubtful war,
    Came running fast to greet his victory. Fairy Queen.

    Let him look for the labyrinth; for I cannot discern any, unless in the perplexity of his own thoughts. Edward Stillingfleet.

Wikipedia

  1. Perplexity

    In information theory, perplexity is a measurement of how well a probability distribution or probability model predicts a sample. It may be used to compare probability models. A low perplexity indicates the probability distribution is good at predicting the sample.

ChatGPT

  1. perplexity

    Perplexity is a measurement in information theory that quantifies the degree of uncertainty or randomness in a probability distribution. In the context of machine learning, natural language processing and speech recognition, it is used to gauge the performance of predictive models. It essentially represents how 'perplexed' the model is by the data it is trying to predict or interpret, with lower perplexity signifying better model performance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Perplexitynoun

    the quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt

  2. Etymology: [L. perplexitas: cf. F. perplexit.]

Wikidata

  1. Perplexity

    Perplexity is a measurement in information theory. It is defined as b raised to the power of entropy in base b, or more often as b raised to the power of cross-entropy in base b. The latter definition is commonly used to compare probability models.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Perplexity in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Perplexity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Perplexity in a Sentence

  1. Rainer Maria Rilke:

    At the bottom no one in life can help anyone else in life; this one experiences over and over in every conflict and every perplexity: that one is alone. That isn't as bad as it may first appear; and again it is the best thing in life that each should have everything in himself; his fate, his future, his whole expanse and world.

  2. Kahlil Gibran:

    Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

  3. Margaret Oliphant Oliphant:

    Perhaps, on the whole, embarrassment and perplexity are a kind of natural accompaniment to life and movement; and it is better to be driven out of your senses with thinking which of two things you ought to do than to do nothing whatever, and be utterly uninteresting to all the world.

  4. Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann:

    Perplexity is the beginning of a new way.

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