descriptor
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1. a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | information, |
definition | : | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction (noun.cognition) |
domain category | : | computer science, computing, |
definition | : | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition) |
2. the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something (noun.communication)
hypernym | : | word, |
definition | : | a unit of language that native speakers can identify (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | plural, plural form, |
definition | : | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | singular, singular form, |
definition | : | the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | ghost word, |
definition | : | a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | etymon, root, |
definition | : | a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | abbreviation, |
definition | : | a shortened form of a word or phrase (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | acronym, |
definition | : | a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name (noun.communication) |
domain category | : | linguistics, |
definition | : | the scientific study of language (noun.cognition) |
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