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The availability of contiguous and non-contiguous multiword lexical units (MWUs) in Natural Language Processing (NLP) lexica enhances parsing precision, helps attachment decisions, improves indexing in information retrieval (IR) systems, reinforces information extraction

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  1. adjective Of or relating to the vocabulary, words, or morphemes of a language.
  2. adjective Of or relating to lexicography or a lexicon.

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  • Many lexical-analysis algorithms had long ago been committed to code; what I wanted Kelly to do was to take the standard tools Nigel used and embed them in a real-time search program. —  AnalogSF,June2003
  • The latest version of Nigel's and Kelly's lexical-analysis software monitored every chat session. —  AnalogSF,June2003
  • But if we consider specific questions, we immediately see that your idea of a lexical ordering in which we put biodiversity and sustainability first is just nonsensical. —  Planet Atheism
  • Then, it offers the reader who has a first-year level, working Greek vocabulary ready access to those words occurring thirty times or less in the Greek New Testament, as well as additional help with the identification of certain rare lexical and grammatical forms. —  Between Two Worlds
  • Such phonotactic and lexical constraints allow accurate word identification even in a reduced phonetic representation —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
 

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/ˈlɛksɪkəl/
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