interpretable

/in'tə:pritəbl/

Thân thiện

The scientist presents an interpretable chart of the experiment's results.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Capable of being interpreted, explained, or understood: Describes something (like data, a statement, a dream, or an action) whose meaning can be discovered, explained, or made clear. 2. Able to be translated or rendered: In specific contexts, it can refer to something that can be translated from one language or form into another.

Usage

The word "interpretable" is used to describe information, results, or actions that are not ambiguous or opaque, but rather allow for a clear explanation or understanding. It is often used in academic, scientific, and technical contexts (e.g., statistics, machine learning, law, art criticism) to describe data, models, or findings whose meaning can be logically deduced.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The graph presents the data in a clear and interpretable format.
  • The machine learning model is highly accurate, but its decision-making process is not easily interpretable.
  • Her silence was interpretable as a sign of disapproval.
  • The ancient text is only interpretable by a few specialized scholars.

Advanced Usage

• "Human-interpretable": A term used in computer science, especially in artificial intelligence, to describe a model or output whose logic can be understood by a person, as opposed to a "black box" model.
  • For medical diagnosis, we need a human-interpretable model so doctors can trust its conclusions.
• "Statistically interpretable": Refers to data or results from statistical analysis that allow for meaningful conclusions to be drawn.
  • The p-values and confidence intervals make the study's findings statistically interpretable.

Variants and Related Words

• Interpret (verb): To explain the meaning of; to understand in a particular way; to translate orally.
• Interpretation (noun): The act or result of interpreting; an explanation or conceptualization.
• Interpretive / Interpretative (adjective): Relating to or providing an interpretation.
• Uninterpretable (adjective): Not able to be interpreted or understood.

Synonyms

• Explainable
• Comprehensible
• Decipherable
• Explicable
• Understandable

Antonyms

• Inexplicable
• Unfathomable
• Incomprehensible
• Uninterpretable
• Opaque

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being understood
   • explainable phenomena

Từ đồng nghĩa

• explainable