stemming
The English word “stemming” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.
- A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
- To include a term's inflections as part of a search engine's search.
- The technique of bridging between two holds with hands and/or feet, applying forces to each in opposing directions in order to brace oneself in position.
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