"descriptor" meaning in English

See descriptor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈskɹɪptə(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: descriptors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} descriptor (plural descriptors)
  1. That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
    (computing, information science) A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.
    Categories (topical): Computing, Information science Translations (name associated with data or documents): kuvain (Finnish), asiasana (Finnish), Deskriptor [masculine] (German), deszkriptor (Hungarian), deskriptor (Indonesian), descrittore [masculine] (Italian), pemerihal (Malay), penerang (Malay), descriptor [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-descriptor-en-noun-DYGChMRD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 18 58 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 16 57 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 76 24 Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, information-science, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'name associated with data or documents': 95 5
  2. That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
    (linguistics) A word or expression used to describe or identify something.
    Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-descriptor-en-noun-RRyr8dSE Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: index term [information-science, human-sciences, computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] Derived forms: file descriptor, segment descriptor, stereodescriptor Translations (that which describes): kuvaaja (Finnish), deskriptor (Indonesian), 記述語 (kijutsu-go) (alt: きじゅつご) (Japanese), pemerihal (Malay), petunjuk (Malay), descritor [masculine] (Portuguese), descriptor [neuter] (Romanian), descriptor [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'that which describes': 50 50

Inflected forms

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        "That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.",
        "A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term."
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          "name",
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          "data",
          "data"
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          "document",
          "document"
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          "information",
          "information"
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          "storage",
          "storage"
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          "retrieval",
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          "system",
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        "That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.",
        "(computing, information science) A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term."
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          "word": "asiasana"
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          "word": "deszkriptor"
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          "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
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          "word": "descrittore"
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          "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
          "word": "pemerihal"
        },
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
          "word": "penerang"
        },
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          "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
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          ],
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          "expression",
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        "That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.",
        "(linguistics) A word or expression used to describe or identify something."
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        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
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      "sense": "that which describes",
      "word": "kuvaaja"
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      "sense": "that which describes",
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      "alt": "きじゅつご",
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      "sense": "that which describes",
      "word": "記述語"
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      "sense": "that which describes",
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      "lang": "Malay",
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      "word": "descriptor"
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        "(linguistics) A word or expression used to describe or identify something."
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "that which describes",
      "word": "kuvaaja"
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      "sense": "that which describes",
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    },
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      "sense": "that which describes",
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      "sense": "that which describes",
      "word": "pemerihal"
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    },
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      "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
      "word": "asiasana"
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      "word": "pemerihal"
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      "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
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