Definition of Stopword

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of stop word) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stopword

1. a frequently used word that is not searchable by search engines [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stopword

stopping point
stopping power
stoppings
stopple
stoppled
stopples
stoppling
stops
stops over
stopsign
stopsigns
stopstreet
stopt
stopwatch
stopwatches
stopword (current term)
stopwords
storabilities
storability
storable
storables
storage
storage area
storage battery
storage cell
storage device
storage devices
storage hypervisor
storage locker
storage media

Literary usage of Stopword

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 (1995)
"... 2. ntc.ntc (single terms) alternate indexing method making document vectors stopword 3. ntc.ntc automatic stopword (added 69 terms occurring in 10\'/, ..."

2. Overview of the Third Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-3) edited by D. K. Harmon (1996)
"Construct a stopword list of common Spanish words. Extending SMART to handle 8-bit characters (eg, the accented Spanish characters) instead of 7-bit ASCII ..."

3. Text Retrieval Conference, 4thedited by D. K. Harman edited by D. K. Harman (1998)
"... Data Structures Methods Used to build Data Structures - Length (in words) of the stopword list: 0 (no stopword list was used) - Controlled Vocabulary? ..."

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