Uniterm
/ˈjuːnɪtəːm/(also Unit term) Library Science
noun
A keyword describing the subject matter of a document, which when occurring as part of an alphabetical index enables documents relating to a particular topic or combination of topics to be retrieved. Frequently attributive, especially in Uniterm system: an indexing system employing such keywords.
- The Uniterm system of indexing was invented by Mortimer Taube (1910–65)..
Origin
1950s. From unit + term, in some forms as a blend of the two words.
- stratospherically
- stratovolcano
- stratum
- stratum corneum
- stratus
- Strauss
- Strauss, Levi
- Strauss, Richard
- stravage
- stravaig
- Stravinskian
- Stravinskyian
- Stravinsky, Igor
- straw
- strawberry
- strawberry blond
- strawberry blonde
- strawberry box
- strawberry mark
- strawberry roan
- strawberry tree
- strawboard
- straw boss
- straw buyer
- straw-coloured