English noun: descriptor |
1. | descriptor (communication) the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something |
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| Samples | The inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached.
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| Synonyms | form, signifier, word form |
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| Broader (hypernym) | word |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | abbreviation, acronym, base, citation form, entry word, etymon, ghost word, main entry word, plural, plural form, radical, root, root, root word, singular, singular form, stem, theme |
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| Domain category | linguistics |
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2. | descriptor (cognition) a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system |
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| Broader (hypernym) | information |
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| Domain category | computer science, computing |
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