bagging
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/ˈbæɡɪŋ/
(bag)
container
Etymology
'bag' originates from Old Norse, specifically the word 'baggi', where it meant 'a pack, bundle'.
'bag' changed from Middle English 'bagge' (borrowed from Old Norse 'baggi') and eventually became the modern English word 'bag'; the verbal sense 'to put into a bag' developed from the noun.
Initially, it meant 'a pack or bundle', and over time it retained the sense of 'a container' while also developing verbal senses such as 'to put into a bag' and figurative senses like 'to secure or capture'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
the act or process of putting items into a bag; the state of being put into a bag (i.e., packaging).
The bagging of the produce was finished before noon.
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Noun 2
in machine learning, 'bagging' (bootstrap aggregating) — an ensemble method that builds multiple models from resampled datasets and combines their predictions to reduce variance.
Bagging can improve stability and accuracy for high-variance models like decision trees.
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