"profiler" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: profilers [plural]
Etymology: 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': 100 0 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 85 11
  3. (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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 33 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 12 26 61 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: profilist

Inflected forms

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