stemming

v. the act of stopping something from growing or spreading; also, coming from a specific source.

v. the present participle of 'stem', used to describe the act of restricting a flow or the process of originating from a source.

“The government is focused on stemming the rise in energy prices.”

“The analyst argued that the current economic instability was stemming from a lack of consumer confidence in the banking sector.”

n. a way to find the basic part of a word by removing the endings, used in computer searches.

n. the process of reducing inflected or derived words to their word stem or root form. Often used in information retrieval and search engine algorithms.

“Search engines use stemming so that a search for 'running' also finds 'run'.”

“Effective stemming algorithms are essential for improving the recall of search queries in large-scale document databases.”

Technical

n. a climbing move where you push your hands or feet against two opposite walls to stay in place.

n. a technique in rock climbing or canyoneering involving the application of opposing pressure with the limbs against two parallel or near-parallel faces.

“The climber used stemming to move up the narrow chimney in the rock.”

“The route requires advanced stemming techniques to navigate the slick limestone corners where traditional holds are absent.”

Technical

n. moving a boat directly against the flow of the water.

n. the act of a vessel maintaining its position or moving forward directly against a current or tide.

“The small boat struggled with stemming the powerful tide near the harbour entrance.”

“Stemming the tide required significant engine power to prevent the vessel from being swept back toward the rocky coastline.”

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