"descriptor" meaning in English

See descriptor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈskɹɪp.tə/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈskɹɪp.təɹ/ [Canada, General-American], /dəˈskɹəp.tə/ [New-Zealand], /dɪˈskɹɪp.təɾ/ [Scotland], /dɪˈskɹɪp.tʌɾ/ [Scotland], /ɖɪˈskɾɪp.ʈɜː(ɾ)/ [India], /ɖɪˈskɾɪp.ʈəɾ/ [India] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-descriptor.wav [Southern-England] Forms: descriptors [plural]
enPR: dĭ-skrĭp′tər Rhymes: -ɪptə(ɹ) Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēscrīptōris. Compare describe. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:lbor|la-lat:dēscrīptor&lt;alt:dēscrīptōris&gt;|text=*}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "dēscrīptōris", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "dēscrīptum", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "dēscrībō", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la-lat" }, { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-tor", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" }, { "terms" : [ { "id" : "from", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "of", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*de", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₁", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*déh₁", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dē", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "dē", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "dē-", "lang" : "la-lat" }, { "id" : "write", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "cut", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)ker-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)kreybʰ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)kréybʰeti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*skreiβō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "scrībō", "lang" : "la-lat" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-tōr<id:agent nouns>", "id" : "agent nouns" }, "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-tor", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "afeq", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "dēscrīptor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "descriptor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="descriptor"> Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēscrīptōris. 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.
    Synonyms: index term 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): Computing, Information science, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 5 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 etymology texts: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 20 55 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 2 18 46 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 18 56 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 79 21 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.
    Translations (word or expression used to describe or identify something): kuvailusana (english: word) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-descriptor-en-noun-RRyr8dSE Categories (other): Linguistics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'word or expression used to describe or identify something': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: file descriptor, segment descriptor, stereodescriptor Related terms: identifier Translations (that which describes): kuvaaja (Finnish), deskriptor (Indonesian), 記述語 (kijutsu-go) (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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        [
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          "storage"
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        "That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.",
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        "information-science",
        "mathematics",
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
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          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "hu",
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          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
          "word": "deszkriptor"
        },
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          "code": "id",
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          "lang_code": "id",
          "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
          "word": "deskriptor"
        },
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          "code": "it",
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          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "descrittore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "lang_code": "ms",
          "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
          "word": "pemerihal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "lang_code": "ms",
          "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
          "word": "penerang"
        },
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          "code": "es",
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          "lang_code": "es",
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            "masculine"
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "word",
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          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "word or expression used to describe or identify something",
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        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "enpr": "dĭ-skrĭp′tər"
    },
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈskɹɪp.tə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈskɹɪp.təɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dəˈskɹəp.tə/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈskɹɪp.təɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈskɹɪp.tʌɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɖɪˈskɾɪp.ʈɜː(ɾ)/",
      "tags": [
        "India"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɖɪˈskɾɪp.ʈəɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "India"
      ]
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "fi",
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "that which describes",
      "word": "kuvaaja"
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      "code": "id",
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    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "that which describes",
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈskɹɪp.tʌɾ/",
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        "Scotland"
      ]
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        "India"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "that which describes",
      "word": "kuvaaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
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      "lang_code": "id",
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      "sense": "that which describes",
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      "sense": "that which describes",
      "word": "petunjuk"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "that which describes",
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        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "that which describes",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "that which describes",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "descriptor"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
      "word": "kuvain"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "name associated with data or documents",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "deszkriptor"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "word or expression used to describe or identify something",
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      "word": "kuvailusana"
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}

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