Limiting allows for only the root of a word to be searched instead of retrieving all formats. An example would be finding "cat" by itself and not "catch," and "catastrophe."

Name: Limiting allows for only the root of a word to be searched instead of retrieving all formats. An example would be finding "cat" by itself and not "catch," and "catastrophe."
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The process described is stemming, not limiting. Stemming reduces words to their root form, but it does not limit searches to only the root word.

Limiting Allows for Only the Root of a Word to Be