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Term: BM25

Description: BM25 (Best Match 25) is a ranking function used in information retrieval systems to measure the relevance of documents to a given search query. It is widely used in search engines and is a popular and effective algorithm for ranking search results.

Sense 1:

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: BM25 is a ranking algorithm that uses term frequencies and document length to evaluate the relevance of a document to a search query. It considers factors such as term frequency, inverse document frequency, and document length normalization.

Example sentence: The search engine uses BM25 to rank the search results based on the relevance to the user's query.

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Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: Referring to a ranking or scoring system based on the BM25 algorithm.

Example sentence: The website implemented a BM25-based ranking system to improve the search result accuracy.

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