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multireferential

multireferential adjective: referring to more than one thing.

Adjective

multireferential (comparative more multireferential, superlative most multireferential)

  1. Referring to more than one thing.
    • One of the chief ways to improve precision is to purge the retrieval language of multireferential words.2000, Elaine Svenonius, The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization, page 148

Forms of multireferential

comparativemore multireferential
superlativemost multireferential

Origin of multireferential

From multi- + referential.

Questions about multireferential

What does multireferential mean?
Multireferential means referring to more than one thing.
What part of speech is multireferential?
Multireferential is an adjective.

Words near multireferential in the dictionary

  1. multireed
  2. multireedist
  3. multireedists
  4. multireel
  5. multireference
  6. multireferential
  7. multireflection
  8. multireflector
  9. multireflex
  10. multiregime
  11. multiregion

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