MEANING micromodel

synonym

Term that represents the same concept as the main entry term in a term entry.

quasi-synonym:

Term that represents the same concept as another term in the same language, but for which interchangeability is limited to some contexts and inapplicable in others.

international scientific term:

Term is part of an international scientific nomenclature as adopted by an appropriate scientific body.

term/concept relation:

Characteristic of the term/concept assignment indicating its relative degree of ambiguity.

degree of equivalence:

Extent to which the concept associated with a designation in L1 covers the same characteristics as the concept associated with a designation L2. The degree of equivalence can include:

• smaller <
• equivalent =
• approximately equivalent
• larger >
• non-equivalent

definition:

Statement that describes a concept and permits its differentiation from other concepts within a system of concepts.

explanation:

Statement that describes a concept, but does not adequately permit its differentiation from other concepts within its system of concepts.

context, example (deprecated):

Text or part of a text in which a term occurs.

concept relation:

Link between two or more concepts. Types of concept relation can include:

• generic relation
• partitive relation
• sequential relation
• temporal relation
• spatial relation
• pragmatic relation
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domain, subject field, subject label:

Field of human knowledge to which a terminological record is assigned.

classification:

Arrangement of concepts into classes and their subdivisions to express the relations between them; the classes are represented by means of a notation. Types of classification elements can include:

• class
• notation
• thesaurus descriptor
• non-descriptor
• keyword
• indexing term

thesaurus descriptor:

Term in a thesaurus that may be used to represent a concept in a document or in a request for retrieval.

keyword:

Word or group of words, possibly in lexicographically standardized form, taken out of a title or of the text of a document characterizing its content and enabling its retrieval.

indexing term, index word:

Term used to designate a concept in an index.