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descriptor

[ dih-skrip-ter ]
/ dɪˈskrɪp tər /
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noun

a significant word or phrase used to categorize or describe text or other material, especially when indexing or in an information retrieval system.
Computers. a data item that stores the attributes of some other datum: a task descriptor.

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Words related to descriptor

description, headline, label, caption, rubric, legend, lemma

Words nearby descriptor

descriptive metaphysics, descriptive notation, descriptive statistics, descriptivism, descriptivist, descriptor, descry, desdemona, desecrate, deseed, desegregate

Origin of descriptor

1930–35, for an earlier sense; describe + -tor, with vowel change and devoicing by analogy with similar L derivatives
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