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index term

noun index terms

A term associated with particular documents in an index used for document retrieval; typically, a term that captures the essential meaning of a document. 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; […]
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noun term associated with documents in an index

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@misc{index_term_2026,
  title = {index term},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/index%20term},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}