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co-citation

co-citation noun: the simultaneous linking to each of a group of webpages from each of another group of webpages, even though the members of the group do not link to each other; used by some search engines to establish a connection between related pages.

Noun

co-citation (plural co-citations)

  1. (Internet) The simultaneous linking to each of a group of webpages from each of another group of webpages, even though the members of the group do not link to each other; used by some search engines to establish a connection between related pages.

Forms of co-citation

pluralco-citations
alternative formcocitation

Origin of co-citation

From co- + citation.

Questions about co-citation

What does co-citation mean?
Co-citation means the simultaneous linking to each of a group of webpages from each of another group of webpages, even though the members of the group do not link to each other; used by some search engines to establish a connection between related pages.
What part of speech is co-citation?
Co-citation is a noun.
What is the plural of co-citation?
The plural of co-citation is co-citations.

Words near co-citation in the dictionary

  1. co-channel
  2. co-channel interference
  3. co-channel interferences
  4. co-chief
  5. co-chiefs
  6. co-citation
  7. co-citations
  8. Co-Co
  9. co-codamol
  10. co-codaprin
  11. Co-Cola

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Adapted from Wiktionary: co-citation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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