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THESAURUS [3 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

thesaurus: an item in the "Documentary Objects" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

dictionnaire analogique : objet de la classe «Objets documentaires» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
DEF

An artificially constructed vocabulary representing a conceptual breakdown of a subject field or fields, used in an information retrieval system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
DEF

Liste organisée d'unités propres à un domaine, dont certaines sont des descripteurs, qui présente des relations sémantiques structurées et qui contient des règles terminologiques servant à traduire en un langage artificiel des notions exprimées dans un langage naturel.

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
CONT

When a teacher suggests that a student paper be revised, the student returns to the computer, on which the paper was written, calls up the file, and begins to invoke all the available utilities used in revision, including the spell checker, the thesaurus, and grammar guide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dictionnaires généraux et encyclopédies
DEF

Répertoire de termes synonymes, antonymes et connexes généralement présentés selon un ordre raisonné.

OBS

Le pluriel THESAURI, quoique assez fréquent, n'est pas recommandé par le Comité.

Spanish

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