descriptor
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈskɹɪptə(ɹ)/
Noun
descriptor (plural descriptors)
- That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
- (computing, information science) A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.
- (linguistics) A word or expression used to describe or identify something.
Synonyms
- (information science): index term
Derived terms
- file descriptor
- segment descriptor
Translations
that which describes
name associated with data or documents
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Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French descripteur.
Declension
Declension of descriptor
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) descriptor | descriptorul | (niște) descriptori | descriptorii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) descriptor | descriptorului | (unor) descriptori | descriptorilor |
| vocative | descriptorule | descriptorilor | ||
Spanish
Derived terms
- descriptores de categorías (“grade-level descriptors”) (education)
Further reading
- “descriptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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