"KWIC" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: KWICs [plural]
Etymology: Coined by IBM research engineer Hans Peter Luhn. Head templates: {{en-noun}} KWIC (plural KWICs)
  1. (linguistics) Initialism of keyword in context: a list of phrases obtained by searching a corpus, each containing the node (or word of interest) and its surrounding cotext. Wikipedia link: Hans Peter Luhn Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: keyword in context (extra: a list of phrases obtained by searching a corpus, each containing the node (or word of interest) and its surrounding cotext) Categories (topical): Linguistics

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