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Definition of Disambiguation

1. Noun. Clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity.

Definition of Disambiguation

1. Noun. The removal of ambiguity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disambiguation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disambiguation

Literary usage of Disambiguation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. First Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-1): Proceedings by D. K. Harman (1993)
"This is a slight variant of the standard disambiguation problem, ... We based our computational approach to successful disambiguation on a study of current ..."

2. Overview of the Third Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-3) edited by D. K. Harmon (1995)
"The disambiguation procedure is performed after the first phrase extraction pass in which all unambiguous pairs (noun+noun and noun+adjective) and all ..."

3. The Inform Designer's Manual by Graham Nelson (2001)
"Definiteness affects disambiguation and the parser's willingness to make guesses, as the description of the parser's disambiguation algorithm at the end of ..."

4. Unified Medical Language System: Current Bibliographies in Medicine, January by Catherine R. Selden, Betsy L. Humphreys (1997)
"... disambiguation, redundancy, obsolescence, discovered redundancy, major name changes, minor name changes, code reuse, and changed codes. ..."

5. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... serves the purpose of disambiguation; without it check could be understood in the sense of “to slow or bring to a stop.” This seems to be a reasonable ..."

6. The Network Revolution: Confessions of a Computer Scientist by Jacques Vallee (1982)
"... but it's exactly right for the program on Disambiguation of National Priorities in the Social Sciences, which is run by my colleague, Dr. Breeze, ..."

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