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Meaning of false drop | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A non-targeted card that falls out from a card data deck, when a rod search is performed.
  2. Targets, hits, that are not relevant in an information retrieval search.
  3. Retrieved, but unwanted, document representations.
  4. noise in an information retrieval search.

Examples

“False drop (a): a false drop is a retrieved item that meets the syntactic requirements of a query but not the semantic requirements of a query […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

false easting false economy false equivalence false eyelash false eyelashes false face

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