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LoRA

noun \ˈlȯr-ə\

also low-rank adaptation

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Definition of LoRA

  1. : low-rank adaptation: a cheap fine-tuning method that freezes the original model and trains only a small add-on, so a new style or skill can be learned with modest hardware

    • She trained a LoRA on her own sketches so the image model draws in her style.
    • LoRA files are small enough to share like plugins.

Origin & history

first known use2021

Introduced by Microsoft researchers in 2021. It became hugely popular in the image-generation community.

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"LoRA." AI Dictionary, Dadgogo, https://dadgogo.com/dictionary/lora/. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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