What part of speech is retrieval?

Retrieval can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does retrieval mean?

Definitions

Noun

retrieval - (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
retrieval - the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory; "my retrieval of people's names is very poor"
retrieval - the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

Examples of retrieval

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1. noun My retrieval of people's names is very poor.
2. noun As yardsticks to measure the effectiveness of information retrieval there exist those called 'recall ratio' and 'precision ratio'.
Sentence  
noun
My retrieval of people's names is very poor.
As yardsticks to measure the effectiveness of information retrieval there exist those called 'recall ratio' and 'precision ratio'.

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