# \#terminology

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## [\[English name suggestion\] "FeatureImportanceCalculator", "\[.\]Estimator", "\[.\]Indicator" or what?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/english-name-suggestion-featureimportancecalculator-estimator-indicator-or-what/113949)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/english-name-suggestion-featureimportancecalculator-estimator-indicator-or-what/113949 "2024-05-07T21:31:52Z")

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For a model that returns the ranking of the variables based on some “variable importance metric” to be used as: m = ModelName(a\_ML\_model,options) fit!(m,x,y) var\_importance\_ranking = predict(m) mda\_losses = info(m)\["mda…