Noun: descriptor di'skrip-tu(r)
- (linguistics) the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
"the inflected descriptors of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached";
- form, word form, signifier
- (computing) a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
"The file descriptor contained metadata about the document's creation date and author"
Derived forms: descriptors
Type of: information, word
Encyclopedia: Descriptor