STEMMING ALGORITHM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stemming algorithm mean? 

• STEMMING ALGORITHM (noun)
  The noun STEMMING ALGORITHM has 1 sense:

1. an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem

  Familiarity information: STEMMING ALGORITHM used as a noun is very rare.

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• STEMMING ALGORITHM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

stemmer; stemming algorithm

Hypernyms ("stemming algorithm" is a kind of...):

algorithm; algorithmic program; algorithmic rule (a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem)