descriptor

noun

de·scrip·tor di-ˈskrip-tər

: something (such as a word or characteristic feature) that serves to describe or identify

especially : a word or phrase (such as an index term) used to identify an item (such as a subject or document) in an information retrieval system

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Those words remain apt descriptors for Heartstrings as well, just for earbuds. —

Steven Aquino, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024 Country music is a wide-ranging genre descriptor, and many subgenres fit under that label. —

Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024 But even this descriptor will not be able to withstand the pressure put on it by continual disappearance. —

Denise Chow, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024 Prices were based on condition, the fame of the work, and the scarcity of the copy on sale—a scale delineated, in order of increasing expense, by such descriptors as significant, pivotal, seminal, stunning, very rare, exceedingly rare, and extremely rare. —

Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for descriptor