index term

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1 English
- 1.1 Noun
  - 1.1.1 Synonyms
  - 1.1.2 See also

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Index term

Noun [edit]

index term (plural index terms)

(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.

Synonyms [edit]

descriptor

See also [edit]

subject heading

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