index term
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A term associated with particular documents in an index used for document retrieval; typically, a term that captures the essential meaning of a document.
Example Sentences
- "This includes a term dictionary that provides for each allowable index term a pointer giving the addresses of the document lists in the term index for the corresponding term; […]"
- "If the indexing is being performed automatically, by an algorithm, there is consistency in the index term selection process."
- "If a message discusses Labrador retrievers but the index term is ‘dogs’, the term is generic rather than specific. This will mean that a person desiring documents on Labrador retrievers must search for ‘dogs’ and then examine many irrelevant documents or document surrogates."