"profiler" meaning in English

See profiler in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: profilers [plural]
Etymology: From profile + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|profile|er}} profile + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} profiler (plural profilers)
  1. A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern. Translations (mechanical device): generador de perfiles [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-profiler-en-noun-NszEsP~c Disambiguation of 'mechanical device': 71 0 29 0
  2. A person who creates a profile for something or someone, especially a psychological profile for an unknown criminal. Translations (person who creates a profile for something or some): Profiler [masculine] (German), Profilerin [feminine] (German), Profilersteller [masculine] (German), Profilerstellerin [feminine] (German), Fallanalytiker [masculine] (German), Fallanalytikerin [feminine] (German), perfilador [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-profiler-en-noun-CnXfI8~G Disambiguation of 'person who creates a profile for something or some': 3 72 18 7
  3. A device that analyzes something and builds up a profile.
    Sense id: en-profiler-en-noun-4r1AOVlD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 24 47 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 9 17 52 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 18 59 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 17 56 15 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 19 56 17 1 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 15 63 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 15 68 13
  4. (computing) A software program that measures the performance of different portions of another program in order to locate bottlenecks. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-profiler-en-noun-c4w~AiLR Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: microprofiler, racial profiler Related terms: profilist

Inflected forms

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