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Millilitre

First in use: c. 1795
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Machine learning

First in use: c. 1959

ML / Millilitre / Machine learning

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Metric volume vs. Arthur Samuel's 1959 coinage.

Which meaning of ML is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Millilitre came first (c. 1795). Machine learning arrived in 1959. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Original · c. 1795

Millilitre

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Duplicate · c. 1959

Machine learning

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