synonym ring
synonym ring
group of terms that are considered equivalent for the purposes of retrieval.
Synonym rings are particularly useful in search thesauri, used for
searching unindexed material, where a search for any one
of the terms in the ring can retrieve occurrences of any
of the terms in the ring.
Related terms
- RT⇆ non-preferred term
- RT⇆ quasi-synonym
- RT⇆ synonym
- Z39.19 (2005) synonym ring
