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retrieval

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Noun

the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
- my retrieval of people's names is very poor

(computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "retrieval":
retrievable retrieval
Words contain "retrieval":
medical literature analysis and retrieval system retrieval
Words contain "retrieval" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
retrieval medical literature analysis and retrieval system medlars storage device memory device stovepiping descriptor

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