Meaning

2 senses
  1. That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.

    A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.

    Deskriptor

    a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system

  2. A word or expression used to describe or identify something.

    the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The JSON descriptor for this data package contains an error.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
name associated with data or documents:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēscrīptōris. Compare describe.

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēscrīptōris. Compare describe.

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Forms

plural: descriptors
Singulardescriptor
Pluraldescriptors

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something:formword formsignifier

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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