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Uniterm

Uniterm proper noun: a subject indexing system having an index based on single words.

Proper noun

Uniterm

  1. A subject indexing system having an index based on single words.

Noun

Uniterm (plural Uniterms)

  1. An individual word in such an index.

Forms of Uniterm

pluralUniterms

Origin of Uniterm

Blend of unit + term, referring to the use of single words as the basis of the index.

Questions about Uniterm

What does Uniterm mean?
Uniterm means a subject indexing system having an index based on single words.
What part of speech is Uniterm?
Uniterm can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Uniterm in the dictionary

  1. unitemized
  2. unitemporal
  3. unitentacular
  4. uniter
  5. uniterable
  6. Uniterm
  7. uniterminal
  8. Uniterms
  9. uniterritorial
  10. uniters
  11. unites

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