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index-term

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(plural index terms)

  1. (information science) A term that captures the essence of the topic of a document, used as keyword to retrieve documents in an information system, for instance a catalog or a search engine.
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  • ECRI Weekly Leading Index
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WORDS NEAR index-term IN THE DICTIONARY


  • index of refraction
  • index register
  • index-rerum
  • index-s
  • index-term
  • index-verborum
  • indexability
  • indexable
  • indexation
  • indexations
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