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in·for·ma·tion

UK/ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/ US/ˌɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/ very common formal

noun

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2.

a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

  • “statistical data”
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4.

(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome

  • “the signal contained thousands of bits of information”
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5.

Origin

From Middle English enformacioun, informacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman informacioun, enformation, Old French information, from Latin īnfōrmātiō (“formation, conception; education”), from the participle stem of īnformāre (“to inform”).

Phrases

  • aesthetic information
  • Akaike information criterion
  • black information
  • chief information officer
  • esthetic information
  • Fisher information
  • flight information region
  • for your information

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