"indexing language" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: indexing languages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} indexing language (plural indexing languages)
  1. (information science) A controlled set of terms selected from natural language and used to represent, in summary form, the subjects of documents within a given field of knowledge. Categories (topical): Information science Synonyms: descriptor language Related terms: index term Translations (controlled set of terms): indeksointikieli (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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