"ground truth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ground truths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ground truth (countable and uncountable, plural ground truths)
  1. Information acquired by direct observation rather than by inference. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: ground truthing Translations (information acquired by direct observation): 地面實況 /地面实况 (dìmiàn shíkuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), havainnot [plural] (Finnish), vérité terrain [feminine] (French), Vor-Ort-Messwert [masculine] (German), Feldvergleich [masculine] (German), informacja zdobyta poprzez bezpośrednią obserwację [feminine] (Polish), фундаментальная истина (fundamentalʹnaja istina) [feminine] (Russian), непреложная истина (nepreložnaja istina) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ground_truth-en-noun-DqUBYJF8

Verb

Forms: ground truths [present, singular, third-person], ground truthing [participle, present], ground truthed [participle, past], ground truthed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} ground truth (third-person singular simple present ground truths, present participle ground truthing, simple past and past participle ground truthed)
  1. To gather information by direct observation rather than inference.
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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