ground truth

English

Noun

ground truth (countable and uncountable, plural ground truths)

1. Information acquired by direct observation rather than by inference.

Derived terms

• ground truthing

Translations

information acquired by direct observation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地面實況／地面实况 (dìmiàn shíkuàng)

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• Finnish: havainnot pl
• French: vérité terrain (fr) f
• German: Vor-Ort-Messwert m, Feldvergleich m
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Verb

ground truth (third-person singular simple present ground truths, present participle ground truthing, simple past and past participle ground truthed)

1. To gather information by direct observation rather than inference.

See also

• field-test
• on the ground
• facts on the ground