multireferential

adjective

Referring to more than one thing.

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Meanings

adjectivemultireferential (comparative more multireferential, superlative most multireferential)

comparative more multireferential · superlative most multireferential

  1. Referring to more than one thing.

    One of the chief ways to improve precision is to purge the retrieval language of multireferential words.

    2000, Elaine Svenonius, The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization, page 148

Origin

From multi- + referential.

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APA

multireferential. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multireferential

MLA

“multireferential.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multireferential. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multireferential,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multireferential.

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