MACHINE TRANSLATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does machine translation mean? 

• MACHINE TRANSLATION (noun)
  The noun MACHINE TRANSLATION has 1 sense:

1. the use of computers to translate from one language to another

  Familiarity information: MACHINE TRANSLATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACHINE TRANSLATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of computers to translate from one language to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

machine translation; MT

Hypernyms ("machine translation" is a kind of...):

AI; artificial intelligence (the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively)

computational linguistics (the use of computers for linguistic research and applications)