Proximity search

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  • A Proximity Search searches for multiple keywords. The matching documents must contain all the keywords, with the keywords occurring within a specified number of words from each other.[1]
  • Retrieves a word only when it occurs within a specific number of lines or words of another word.[2]
  • For "full-text" searches, the ability to look for words which are within a prescribed distance of another word (e.g. find "glove" within 15 words of "baseball".)[3]

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Footnotes

  1. ^  EDRM Search Glossary
  2. ^  Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005).
  3. ^  American Document Management, Glossary of Terms, http://www.amdoc.com/glossary.shtml.
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