Examples of “stemming” in a Sentence

noun A technique in computing and search engines that reduces words to their base or root form.

• With stemming, the search tool treats "jumped" and "jumping" as the same word.
• Our software uses stemming to group similar words before it counts them.
• Stemming lets a search for "running" also match "runs" and "ran.

noun A climbing technique of bracing the feet against opposite walls or holds to stay balanced.

• The climber relied on stemming to rest inside the narrow rock crack.
• Stemming between the two walls let her shake out her tired hands.
• He used stemming to rest his arms on the steep corner of the route.