What is Semantic Similarity? Definition of Semantic Similarity: A concept whereby a set of documents or terms within term lists are assigned a metric based on the likeness of their meaning/semantic content. ( Wikipedia, 2012e ).
Semantic similarity, also called semantic relatedness or semantic closeness/proximity/nearness, is a concept whereby a set of documents or terms within term lists are assigned a metric based on the likeness of their meaning / semantic content.
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