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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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"describe",
"describe"
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"description",
"description"
],
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"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"information science",
"information science"
],
[
"name",
"name"
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[
"data",
"data"
],
[
"document",
"document"
],
[
"information",
"information"
],
[
"storage",
"storage"
],
[
"retrieval",
"retrieval"
],
[
"system",
"system"
],
[
"index term",
"index term"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"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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"computing",
"engineering",
"human-sciences",
"information-science",
"mathematics",
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"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "name associated with data or documents",
"word": "kuvain"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "name associated with data or documents",
"word": "asiasana"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "name associated with data or documents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Deskriptor"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "name associated with data or documents",
"word": "deszkriptor"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "name associated with data or documents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "descrittore"
}
]
},
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Linguistics",
"orig": "en:Linguistics",
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"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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}
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"That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.",
"A word or expression used to describe or identify something."
],
"id": "en-descriptor-en-noun-RRyr8dSE",
"links": [
[
"describe",
"describe"
],
[
"description",
"description"
],
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"expression",
"expression"
],
[
"identify",
"identify"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.",
"(linguistics) A word or expression used to describe or identify something."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
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"tags": [
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]
}
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"information-science",
"human-sciences",
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "index term"
}
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"_dis1": "50 50",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which describes",
"word": "kuvaaja"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"alt": "きじゅつご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kijutsu-go",
"sense": "that which describes",
"word": "記述語"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which describes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "descritor"
},
{
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "that which describes",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "descriptor"
}
],
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"descriptor"
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"word": "descriptor"
}
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"English agent nouns",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
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"word": "file descriptor"
},
{
"word": "segment descriptor"
}
],
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"tags": [
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}
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"en:Information science"
],
"glosses": [
"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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"describe",
"describe"
],
[
"description",
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"name"
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"data",
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"document",
"document"
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[
"information",
"information"
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[
"storage",
"storage"
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[
"retrieval",
"retrieval"
],
[
"system",
"system"
],
[
"index term",
"index term"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"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."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"human-sciences",
"information-science",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Linguistics"
],
"glosses": [
"That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.",
"A word or expression used to describe or identify something."
],
"links": [
[
"describe",
"describe"
],
[
"description",
"description"
],
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"expression",
"expression"
],
[
"identify",
"identify"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.",
"(linguistics) A word or expression used to describe or identify something."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/dɪˈskɹɪptə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
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{
"topics": [
"information-science",
"human-sciences",
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "index term"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which describes",
"word": "kuvaaja"
},
{
"alt": "きじゅつご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kijutsu-go",
"sense": "that which describes",
"word": "記述語"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which describes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "descritor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "that which describes",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "descriptor"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "name associated with data or documents",
"word": "kuvain"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "name associated with data or documents",
"word": "asiasana"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "name associated with data or documents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Deskriptor"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "name associated with data or documents",
"word": "deszkriptor"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "name associated with data or documents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "descrittore"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"descriptor"
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