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cata·log or catalogue cat′a·logue′ (kat′ə lôg′, -läg′)

noun

a complete or extensive list, esp.
  1. ☆ an alphabetical card file, as of the books in a library
  2. a list of articles for sale, school courses offered, items on display, etc., usually with descriptive comments and often with illustrations
  3. a book or pamphlet containing such a list
  4. a long list, as of warriors, rivers, or ships, characteristic of the classical epic

Etymology: Fr catalogue < LL catalogus < Gr katalogos, a list, register < katalegein, to reckon, list < kata-, down, completely + legein, to say, count: see logic

transitive verb, intransitive verb cataloged -·loged′ or catalogued -·logued′, cataloging -·log′·ing or cataloguing -·logu′·ing

  1. to enter in a catalog
  2. to make a catalog of

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catalog Synonyms

catalog

n.

list, register, directory, schedule, inventory, bulletin, brochure, syllabus, file, card file, index, brief, enumeration, slate, table, calendar, docket, archive, gazette, gazetteer, muster, classification, record, draft, specification, prospectus, program, price list, course list, roll, timetable, table of contents, card catalog, union catalog, on-line catalog, catalogue raisonné (French), rent roll, cartulary, Domesday Book; see also description 1, file 2, index 2, list. See syn. study at list.


catalog

v.

classify, record, index, inventory; see classify, list 1.


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catalog Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • originate: A standard error 99 mJy is listed as 99 mJy because of space limitations in the originating catalog.

Adjective modifier

  • mail-order: Thou shall not quote mail-order catalogs in the shop.

Modifies a noun

  • designation: Parameters Name The catalog designation for the EUVE source based on its J2000 position.

Noun used with modifier

  • X-ray: NAME The name of the target based on cross-referencing with the X-ray source catalog at ISAS.
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