stemming algorithm

English Thesaurus

1. an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	algorithm, algorithmic program, algorithmic rule,
definition	:	a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	stem,
definition	:	remove the stem from (verb.change)

derivation	:	stem,
definition	:	remove the stem from (verb.change)