cosine
- noun
- /ˈkoʊsaɪn/
- Specialized
:
coseno
- Researchers frequently use cosine measures to compare the similarity of their data sets in information retrieval tasks.
Examples
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If you use a reflector, e.g., a white sheet of paper/cardboard with typically a Lambertian (cosine) redistribution, you are looking at factors of "amplification":
Blog text (16) -
It's stored in its memory bank through a simple like cosine distance or a similar distance metric.
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And I'm supposed to care about the Hawley-Smoot Tariff, mitosis, and cosines.
Fiction book (1996) -
In machine learning, we often evaluate the similarity of document vectors using cosine similarity to determine how closely they are related.
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The algorithm calculates the cosine between two vectors to understand their directional similarity in high-dimensional space.
Compounds
How Similar
- Specialized
15
6.5
- Specialized
- Specialized
7
4.5
3
4.5
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cosine also comes from co- 'with' and sinus 'sine', and a helpful way to remember this in vector math is to think of it as how much two directions point 'with' each other; a cosine of 1 means they point the same way and 0 means they are at right angles.