Profiler

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern.
  2. 2
    A person who creates a profile for something or someone, especially a psychological profile for an unknown criminal.
  3. 3
    A device that analyzes something and builds up a profile.

    "a sediment profiler"

  4. 4
    A software program that measures the performance of different portions of another program in order to locate bottlenecks.

    "[…] a complete and intuitive profiler that supports numerous types of profiling modes and profilable applications."

Example

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"Sami is a criminal profiler, in other words, he can get inside the mind of a killer."

Etymology

From profile + -er.

Related phrases

racial profiler

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