Descriptor

In the dictionary, it is described as a word or expression used to describe or identify something.

A descriptor is used to describe the compound to computing algorithms. Many representations of properties elements can be converted in a mathematical format of vectors and matrices (like using one-hot vector encoding for describing an electronic configuration of an element ) to pass them as an input to a machine learning algorithm.

Using basic principles of more than one field to solve a complicated problem might be very difficult to reach by using one area of knowledge. With this kind of approach, one can also redefine problems outside usual boundaries and reach solutions using a new understanding of impenetrable situations which early considered impossible to get.